Leavening
Major Settlement in the Parish of Acklam
Historical Forms
- Ledling(h)e 1086 DB
- Leyingges 1242 Fees
- Leghing, Leying 13th Bridl
- Leghingge 1297 LS
- Levingg 1242 Fees
- Leghening' 1246,1279 Ass t.Ed3 ADi
- Lethenyng 1280 Ass
- Leuening(e), Levening(e), Levenyng 1284 Abbr 1285 SR 1549 FF
- Leaveninge 1604 FF
- Lewenynge 1296 YI
- Leguingge 1297 LS
- Leghueng 1334 FF
Etymology
This difficult name may be derived from an OE Leðeningas (v. ing ). Medial ð was either lost and its place taken by a hiatus-filling gh (cf. IPN 110 and Scrayingham supra 146), or it became v (as in Earswick, PN NRY 12). The pers. name Leðen is probably a shortened form of OE Lēofðegn or the like.