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.

Monkleigh

Major Settlement in the Parish of Monkleigh

Historical Forms

  • Lega 1086 DB
  • Legh t.Hy1 Montacute
  • Munckenelegh 1244 Ass
  • Monckeleghe 1265 Exon
  • Monekelegh 1286 Ass

Etymology

v. leah . The manor was granted to the monks of Montacute (So) t. Stephen.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name