Leigh
Major Settlement in the Parish of Leigh
Historical Forms
- Legrā 1086 DB
- Legha 1226 Bracton
- (La) Legh(e) 1227–47 FF
- Lega 1325,1329 Londin
- Leigh(e) 1419 Pat 1594 N
- Leygh, Lye by Hadle castell 1440 Pat
- Legh by Hadle(y) 1441 Pat
- Lough alias Leygh 1461 Pat
- La Leye, Le Leye 1234 FF 1267 Ch
- La Lea 1255 Pat
- Lee 1401,1442 Pat 1537 LP
- Lye 1318 Cl 1426 BM 1473 Pat
- Lye alias Legh 1485 Pat
- Lygh 1412 FA
- Lyght 1475 Pat
- Leyght 1546 FF
Etymology
v. leah . For Lyght cf. Fairlight (PN Sx 507). The Legrā of DB is an error due to confusion with Layer (which also occurs as Lega ). Similarly, Great Leighs is Legra in DB. v. VCH i, 388–9.