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.

Leg

Field in the Parish of Stoke Wake

Historical Forms

  • 1839 TA
  • Legge Mede 1494 Seymer
  • Leggemeade 1559 Seymer
  • The Long Leg Mead 1640 Seymer

Etymology

Leg(Legge Mede 1494, Leggemeade 1559, The Long Leg Mead 1640, v. leg'long, narrow meadow', mǣd)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement