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.

Lighthey

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Light Hay 1581 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1831 ib , Light Hay 1581 Sheaf , ' light enclosure ' , v. lēoht , (ge)hæg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site