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.

Layrus

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Witton

Historical Forms

  • Leiragh 1202 FF

Etymology

'Muddy enclosure' v. leirr , hagi . Presumably there was an alternative plural form giving final s .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement