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Lazencroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barwick in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Lesingthorpe 1304 Abbr
  • Lesingcroft(e), Lesyngcroft(e) 1304 1328 Banco 1480,1487 MinAcct
  • Laysingcroft(e), Leysingcroft(e), Leysyn(g)croft(e) 1327 SR 1348 YDi 1408 FA 1619 FF

Etymology

Lazencroft, Lesingthorpe 1304 Abbr, Lesingcroft (e ), Lesyngcroft (e )1304 ib (p), 1328 Banco, 1480, 1487MinAcct , Laysingcroft (e ), Leysingcroft (e ), Leysyn (g )croft (e )1327 SR (p), 1348 YD i(p), 1408 FAet freq to 1619 FF, Lasyngcroft , Lasingcroft , 1455 Patet freq to 1666 Visit. 'Leysing's outlying farm and enclosure', v. þorp , croft . The first el. is ON  leysingr 'freedman' (as in Lazenby YN 210, etc.) or that word used as a pers.n., which is well-evidenced as Le (i )sing in ME (Björkman, NP 92, Feilitzen 319); there was a Leising who was a tenant in Ledstone (DB, cf. also YCh 1780).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement