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.

Leigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Churchstow

Historical Forms

  • Lega 1086 DB
  • Leghe 1200 Cur
  • Legh Tuzseyns 1267 Ass
  • Lecch All Saints 1297 Ipm
  • Alhalghenelegh 1377 HMCxv,App.7
  • Alhalwenlegh 1393 FF

Etymology

v. leah . There was formerly a small monastic cell here attached to Buckland abbey. Hence, 'All Saints' or 'All Hallows.'

Places in the same Parish