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.

East and West Leigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Harberton

Historical Forms

  • Lega 1086 DB
  • Legh' 1242 Fees765
  • Legh omnium sanctorum juxta Hurberton 1364 Ass
  • Leigh within the parish of Harberton t.Eliz ChancP

Etymology

v. leah . The third reference looks like Leigh in Churchstow supra 296 but that is a long way from Harberton.