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.

Limes End

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leckhampstead

Historical Forms

  • Lymeswodes 1542 LP
  • Lymesend 1607 VCH

Etymology

This is the manor of Little Leckhampstead which Wm. de Leames held in 1284 (FA i. 79). His successor in 1316 was Alan de Leume (ib. 100).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement