Leigh
Major Settlement in the Parish of Leigh
Historical Forms
- Leghe c.1184 BM
- Leg' 1199 Cur
- Legh 1255 Ass
- La Legh 1259 Ass 1298 BM
- Leye juxta Becheworth 1313 FF
- La Leghe by Reygate 1332 Ipm
- Lye 1434 Pat 1541 Dugdvi,384
- Ligh 1502–3 ECP
- Lee al. Leighe 1569 FF
- Lee al. Lighe 1593 SrWills
- Leight t.Eliz ChancP 1680 Seller
Etymology
v. leah . For the final t in the last spellings cf. Fairlight (PN Sx 507). For the pronunciation [lai] cf. PN Do 79, 224.