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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.

Speightley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barwick in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • le Speghtlegh, le Speghelagh 1421 MinAcct
  • Speightley 1424 Rent
  • Speightlies 1588 BarW
  • Spitlegh 1480,1487 MinAcct
  • Sp(e)ighleyes 1637,1663 PRBrw

Etymology

Speightley (lost), le Speghtlegh , le Speghelagh 1421MinAcct , Speightley 1424 Rent, Speightlies 1588 BarW, Spitlegh 1480, 1487MinAcct , Sp (e )ighleyes 1637, 1663 PRBrw. v. speoht 'green woodpecker', lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement