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.

Leighton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mashamshire

Historical Forms

  • Suthleghton 14 VCH
  • Lighton 1540 Fount

Etymology

v. leactun .