Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Loureshale, Luureshale, Geureshale 1086 DB

• Luuresale 1196–1201 YChviii

• Luuereshal(e), Luvereshal(e) 1202–8,1231,1241 FF 1243 Fees 1246 Ass39d

• Liureshal 1198 P

• Luuersal(e), Luversal(e) e.13 RegAlbii,64b 13 ADv 1235 FF

• Luvershal 1219 FF

• Liveressall, Liversal 1234 FF

• Lyvereshale 1251 Ass

• Louersal(e), Loversal(e) 1276 RH 1279 YI 1285 KI 1297 LS 1488 FF

• Loversall(e) 1285 KI 1303 KF 1546 YChant

• Lovershall 1316 Vill

• Louershale 1323 MinAcct

• Leversall 1435 Pat

• Loversaull 1521 Testvi

Etymology

'Lēofhere's nook of land', from the OE  pers.n. Lēofhere and halh.The various forms Liv -, Lev - and Lov -, Luv - arise through the stress- shifting from one to the other element of the OE  diphthong in Lēof -.On the DB spelling Geures - for Leures - cf. Zachrisson, ANInfl 66n.