Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• on Hlidan, of Hlydan 950 BCS887

• L(e)ightgre(e)n 1547 Pat 1730 Asht

• Lide gre(e)ne, Lyde gre(e)ne 1552,1555,1606 ib

• the Lydes 1639 GR45

• Lyde 1670 Asht

• Lighte 1571 Asht

Etymology

Lyde Green, on Hlidan , of Hlydan 950 BCS 887 (copy), L (e )ightgre (e )n 1547 Pat, 1730Asht 62, Lide gre (e )ne , Lyde gre (e )ne 1552, 1555, 1606 ib 3, 56, the Lydes 1639GR 45, Lyde 1670Asht 61. Lyde would certainly be an old stream-name from OE  hlȳde 'the noisy one' (from OE  hlūd 'loud'), but if the identification is correct some of the later forms in L (e )ight must be due to the influence of another word; there was a pasture here called Lighte 1571Asht 56, and this is probably OE  *līhte 'a light place', that is, 'one cleared of trees or sparsely wooded' (cf. Löfvenberg 122, Horbury Lights YW ii, pp. xi, 150).