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Survey of English Place-Names

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Leftwich, Leftwich Green

Major Settlement in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • Wice 1086 DBf.265
  • Leftetewych 1278 Ipm
  • Leftetewich 1284 CASNSii 1321 AddCh
  • Lefted(e)wich 1311 Ipm
  • Leftatewych, Leftatewich (lit. Lestatewich) 1350–1400 ChRR 1615
  • Lestowhec E1 AddCh
  • Left(e)wich(e), Left(e)wych(e), Left(e)wyk, Left(e)wike 1278 IpmR 1284 Tab 1295 Ipm 1296 Plea
  • Lestwike 1295 IpmR
  • Lostewych, Lostowych, Lostowiche 1331,1381 Tab
  • Leftwitch 1352 Orm2
  • Lestewytche, Lestewiche 1534 Dugd 1557 Pat
  • Lestwich 1610 Speed 1673 Sheaf
  • Lyftwich 1458 ChRR
  • Leaftwyche 1554 Pat
  • Letewich c.1536 Leland

Etymology

'Lēoftǣt's wīc', from the OE  fem. pers.n. Lēoftǣt (ASCharters 375) and wīc, v. also grēne 2 . The spelling of this p.n. is complicated by scribal confusion of s and f , t and c , o and e .

Places in the same Parish