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.

Leigh Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rampisham

Historical Forms

  • Leigh 1811 OS

Etymology

Leigh Fm (ST 563027), Leigh 1811 OS, cf. Ley Close & Ley Plot 1839TA , Adam atte Legh ' (taxed in Rampisham) 1327 SR, v. lēah 'clearing in woodland'.