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.

Leusdon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Widdecombe in the Moor

Historical Forms

  • Leweneston t.Hy3 Dartmoor
  • Leuston 1303 DA

Etymology

Probably 'Lēofwine 's farm,' v. tun .