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.

Glynleigh

Early-attested site in the Parish of Westham

Historical Forms

  • to glindlea 947 BCS821 13th
  • Glyndele
  • Glindele
  • Glindle(e) 1261,1285 Ass 1291 MinAcct
  • Glinley 1660 LewesDeeds 1690 CplM
  • Gleenly 1649 SAC24,250
  • Glenlea al. Greenelea Level 1690 LewesDeeds
  • Green Lees c.1840 TA

Etymology

This is a compound of leah and the element glind discussed under Glynde supra 352. The meaning is perhaps 'clearing marked by an enclosure.'