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.

Lebberston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cayton

Historical Forms

  • Ledbestun, Ledbeztun 1086 DB
  • Ledbrithun 1181 BylE
  • Ledbreston(a) 1190–1227,1251 Riev
  • Ledbrizton 1206 FF
  • Ledbriston 1208 FF 1251 Ch
  • Ledberstona 1257 Riev
  • Lebreston 1285 KI 1301 LS 1303 KF 1408 For
  • Lyberston 1550 FF

Etymology

'Leodbriht's farm' from OE  Lēodbeorht adduced only in ONb and tun.

Places in the same Parish