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.

Littley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kirkby Malzeard

Historical Forms

  • Litlehae c.1180 Font
  • Litlehage c.1200 ib
  • Litelhage, Lytelhage c.1160 1198 Fount
  • Lytteleyg' 1323 Ripi

Etymology

Littley (lost), Litlehae c. 1180 Font, Litlehage c. 1200 ib, Litelhage , Lytelhage c. 1160 ib, 1198 Fount, Lytteleyg '1323 Rip i. 'Little enclosure', v. lȳtel , haga and cf. foll.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site