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.

Levery

Other OS name in the Parish of Radley

Historical Forms

  • Le Leverey, Levery Mede, Lyvery Mede, Lyever Meade 1547 LRMB
  • Levery Meadow 1843 Myres

Etymology

( on 2 ½ ″ map , not on 6 ″ or 1 ″ ) , Le Leverey , Levery Mede , Lyvery Mede ,Lyever Meade 1547LRMB , Levery Meadow 1843Myres , a strip of land by the Thames , probably from lǣfer ' rush, yellow iris ' and īeg , ēg , cf. Eney supra .