English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Leam

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eyam Woodlands

Historical Forms

  • Leyum Hy3,Ed1 Brookhill 1308 DbAxxii 1329 WollCh
  • Leghum 1323 Pat 1330 Ass 1421 WollCh
  • Leom(e) 1330 Ass 1446 DbCh 1490 WollCh
  • Leeom 1431 FA
  • Lyum 1341 Orig
  • Leum 1400 ShefBC 1538–44 ECP
  • Leam(e) 1572 FF 1576 Woll 1584 FF
  • Leyam alias Lygham 1578 FF
  • Lyam als Lyham 1620 StarChamb

Etymology

'At the clearings', v. lēah (dat.pl. lēagum , v. -um ).

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