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.

Leigham

Early-attested site in the Parish of Egg Buckland

Historical Forms

  • Legham 1242 Fees776 1303 FA
  • Legham juxta Plympton 1316 Ass
  • Leyham 1318 Ch
  • Lygham 1365 FF

Etymology

The first element is probably OE  læge, 'fallow.' Cf. Leigham in Streatham (Sr), Leygham 1164 P, Legham 1302 Abbr.