Leyton
Major Settlement in the Parish of Leyton
Historical Forms
- Lugetune 1042–66 WDB
- Lygetun(e) 1066 KCD824 12th WDB 1066
- Ligetune ib.
- Lei(n)tuna, Leintunā 1086 DB
- Leintun(e) 1157 WDB
- Leynton' 1254 Ass 1335 Pat
- Loynton 1335 Pat
- Luiton, Luyton 1200–69 FF 1223 ClR 1248 Pat
- Luton 1224 ClR 1236 Fees
- Leyton 1224–58 FF 1226 ClR
- Leitone 1266 Ipm
- Leidon 1400 Pat 1428 FA
- Layton 1226 FF 1284 Pat
- Latoun 1455 W'stowW
- Leyhton 1285 Ass
- Leyzton 1487 W'stowW
- Leighton 1535 VE 1597 BM
- Lowe 1585 Kennedy
- Layton or Leyton called Low Leyton 1594 N
- Low Lighton 1655 Indexvi
Etymology
'The tun on the R. Lea,' v. supra 8. Identical in origin with Luton (PN BedsHu 156). Low because part of the parish lies low by the Lea. This attribute was dropped after a petition to the Great Eastern Railway had been carried nem. con. on 27th Nov. 1867 (Kennedy 411).