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.

Lechtun

Field in the Parish of Frampton on Severn

Historical Forms

  • Lechtun c.1180 Godstow
  • a litil mede c.1180 Godstow

Etymology

Lechtun, a litil mede c. 1180(v. lēac-tūn'garden')