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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.

Leasgill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Heversham

Historical Forms

  • Lesegill 1458 Kendii,127
  • Leasgill, Leasgyll 1504 1600 FF 1605 WilsonL 1710 PR(Cr)
  • Lesgill 1544 Kendii,132
  • Leesgill 1571 ib
  • Leisgill 1663 WilsonL

Etymology

Leasgill, Lesegill 1458 Kend ii, 127, Leasgill , Leasgyll 1504 ib 130, 1600FF , 1605 WilsonL, 1710 PR(Cr), Lesgill 1544 Kend ii, 132, Leesgill 1571 ib 154, Leisgill 1663 WilsonL. 'Bright, bare ravine', v. ljóss , gil . The ON  fem. byname Ljósa is also possible as the first el.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site