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.

Leigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Bere Ferrers

Historical Forms

  • Legh 1284 FA
  • Treley in Beer Ferris 1533–8 ECP7,136

Etymology

is Legh 1284 FA, Treley in Beer Ferris 1533–8 ECP 7, 136 . v. leah and Tredown supra 146 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement