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.

Lowley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Doddiscombsleigh

Historical Forms

  • Leualiga 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Levelege
  • Leveleye 1279 Ass
  • Loueleg' 1279 Ass
  • Luuelegh 1377 BM
  • Lyvelegh 1426 DA

Etymology

'Lēofa 's clearing,' v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement