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.

Leggatt Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Lodsworth

Historical Forms

  • Ligit heath 1740 O
  • ate Lidgate or atte Lythgate 1312,1363 Hollist

Etymology

Leggatt Hill is Ligit heath in 1740 (O) and must have been the home of Robert ate Lidgate or atte Lythgate (1312, 1363Hollist ). v. hlidgeat .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement