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.

Leppington

Major Settlement in the Parish of Scrayingham

Historical Forms

  • Lepinton(e) 1086 DB 1166 RBE 1335 FF
  • Lepenton' 1196 FF
  • Lepigtona late12th YD
  • Lepington', Lepyngton' 1246 Ass 1525 FF
  • Leppington 1279–81 QW 1530 Test 1595 NCWills

Etymology

'Leppa 's farmstead,' v. ingtun .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement