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.

Leigh Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pucklechurch

Historical Forms

  • la Lee 1431 Pat
  • la Lye 1459 MinAcct
  • Great Leigh als. Lye als. Lighe als. Lee 1565 Asht
  • the Lye als. Leigh 1580 ib

Etymology

Leigh Fm, la Lee 1431 Pat, la Lye 1459MinAcct , Great Leigh als. Lye als. Lighe als. Lee 1565Asht 56, the Lye als. Leigh 1580 ib 52.'The clearing', v. lēah .