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.

Lazenby

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ormesby

Historical Forms

  • Lesingebi, Laisinbia, Lesighebi 1086 DB
  • Leising(e)bi, Leysing(e)bi, Leysing(e)by 1086 DB 12 Dodsxcv.36 1279–81 QW
  • Lesingby 1300 YI

Etymology

'Village of the freedmen' v. leysingi , by . Cf. Lazenby (Allert) 210infra and a lost Laysingcroft (c. 1180 Percy) in Redcar.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement