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.

St Leonard's

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aston Clinton

Historical Forms

  • Sancti Leonardi de Blakemere 1250 Fees

Etymology

'Black mere.' There is no mere there now but there is a probability that there used to be one near the church (Harman).