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 Hartland

Historical Forms

  • Leye 1256 FF
  • Leighe 1546 Oliver

Etymology

is Leye 1256 FF, Leighe 1546 Oliver 216 , v. leah .