Legas Cottage
Early-attested site in the Parish of East Chelborough
Historical Forms
- terr' voc' magna Laggers, prat' voc' Laggers, claus' voc' greate Laggers 1671 DRO
- Laggars 1710 DCMDeed
- Legace 1811 OS
Etymology
Legas Cottage (ST 547065), terr ' voc ' magna Laggers , prat ' voc ' Laggers , claus ' voc ' greate Laggers 1671DRO , Laggars 1710 DCMDeed, Legace 1811 OS, Lagais (a labourer's cottage) 1851 ex inf .P.N. Dawe, cf. Broad Legas & Lr Legas , Legas Down 1839TA ; probably from the surname of an early tenant or owner, cf. eModE lagger NED sb 'one who lags or hangs back; a lingerer, a loiterer' (first recorded 1523).
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Bolland's Wd
- Turner's Copse
- Eight Acre Copse
- Emblands Fm
- Gilhams
- Grexy Cross
- Harvey's Wood Ctg & Harvey's Wood Rows
- Horsey Fm & Horsey Lane
- Manor Fm
- Neal's Copse
- New Mead Copse
- Oaklands
- Old Chalk Pit
- Hr Park Copse & Lr Park Copse
- Parsonage Copse
- Pit Croft Copse
- Plain Copse
- Ponds
- Red Post
- St James's Church
- Stake Fm
- Swaine's Copse & Swaine's Moor
- Castle Hill
- Underhill Fm