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.

Leytonstone

Early-attested site in the Parish of Leyton

Historical Forms

  • Leyton at(te) Stone 1370 Misc 1523,1537 FF
  • Leyton Stone 1426 Deed
  • Leghton Stone 1449 FF

Etymology

Leytonstone is Leyton at (te ) Stone 1370 Misc, 1523, 1537FF , Leyton Stone 1426Deed , Leghton Stone 1449FF . Tradition explains that this is the part of Leyton which was near the High Stone, v. Wallwood infra .

Places in the same Parish