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.

Layer Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Abberton

Historical Forms

  • leyrehous 1438 MinAcct

Etymology

Layer Ho (6″) is leyrehous 1438MinAcct . Cf. Layer infra 316–17.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement