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.

Leyhill Common

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chesham

Historical Forms

atte Leyhulle 1337 Cl 1340 NI

Etymology

'Fallow or unploughed hill' v. læge, hyll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement

Chesham