leygraves
Field in the Parish of Hemsby
Historical Forms
- leygraves 1422 FB
- Leygraves 1581 D
Etymology
leygraves 1422 FB, Leygraves 1581 D(pasture and wood, v. lǣge'fallow,unploughed' and grāf, grǣfe; ModE ley, lay is an agricultural term, recorded asdial. lay'land put down for grass and sown with grass seeds' EDD s.v.; as earlyas 1422 the meaning was no doubt'fallow field'; cf. Leydegrove 1292 inMartham infra)