Great Leighs and Little Leighs
Major Settlement in the Parish of Great and Little Leighs
Historical Forms
- Legā, Legram 1086 DB
- Lega, Lega Bovyle 1291 Tax 1319,1331 Londin
- Lega Bomvile 1428 FA
- Legh(e) t.Hy3 Ipm
- Legh(e) Magna 1230 Pat
- Legh(e) Parva 1303 FA
- Ley(e)s 1271 FF 1303–38 Ipm 1304 FF 1319 Londin
- Lyes 1328 Ipm 1359 FF 1395 Cl 1426 Pat
- Lyez, Liez 1395 Cl
- Great Leyges 1338 Ipm
- Lieghes 1421 LancsCh
- Great Lyghes, Little Lyghes 1393 Pat
- Lighes 1395–9 ib
- Great Leyght 1517 FF
- Lyys 1535 LP
- Lees 1541–7 LP
- Much Leighes 1588 Lancs
- Much Leeze 1662 EASxi
Etymology
v. leah . Bovyle from the family of William de Boevill (c. 1140) (M ii, 95). For Leyght cf. Leigh supra 188.
Places in the same Parish
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