Lazonby
Major Settlement in the Parish of Lazonby
Historical Forms
- Leisingebi 1165,1166,1209 P c.1194 Laner
- Leysingeby c.1180 ib
- Lay- c.1200 a.1202 HolmC
- Leysingby t.Hy2 Laner 1427 FF
- Laysonby 1293 Misc
- Leysenby 1300 Cl
- Lesingeby 1272 Fine
- Lessingeby 1274 ib
- Lesingby 1273 Orig 1279 Ass 1281 Cl
- Laysonby 1293 Misc
- Leysenby 1300 Cl
- Lasyngby 1485 Ipm
- Leasonby 1552 FF
- Lasanby 1580 Border
- Lazenbye 1588 FF
- Leysyngbury 1333 Cl
- Leising (1179 P)
Etymology
'bȳof the freedmen,' v. leysingr , or less probably, of a man named Leysing (NP 92, Lindkvist 132). The forms in -inge - are in favour of the former. It should be noted, however, that the name Leising was common in 12th-century Cumberland, as in Orm filius Leising (1179 P). Cf. Lazenby (PN NRY 160, 210).