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.

Leverstock Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hemel Hempstead

Historical Forms

  • Leveley stocke grene 1551 SidSus
  • Levestiestocke Greene 1617 Verulam
  • Leveslestocke 1619 FF
  • Laverstock greene 1649 Harl

Etymology

Leverstock Green is Leveley stocke grene 1551SidSus , Levestiestocke Greene 1617 Verulam, Leveslestocke 1619FF , Laverstock greene 1649Harl , v. stocc . The forms are too late and inconsistent for any interpretation of the first element to be possible.Probably the tie in the 1617 form is an error for lie . Cf. Leavesden infra 77 about six miles away.