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.

Laymore

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • Ley(e)moreswelle, Ley(e)moreswalle 1282 For

Etymology

, Ley (e )moreswelle , Ley (e )moreswalle 1282For , ' fallow, untilled moor ' , v. lǣge , mōr , wella ( Merc  wælla ) ' well ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement