Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• ye, the Levil(l) 1629 Hnt 1649 WillY 1656 PRSn

• The Levell 1649 WillS

• the Levell of Hatfeild Chase 1675 Comm52

• the Levels 1680 Pryme

• High Levels, Low Levels 1771 M

Etymology

High Levels, Low Levels, y e, the Levil (l )1629 Hnt, 1649 WillY, 1656 PRSn, The Levell 1649 WillS, the Levell of Hatfeild Chase 1675Comm 52, the Levels 1680 Pryme, High Levels , Low Levels 1771 M. The name refers to a tract of level ground in Hatfield Chase north of Hatfield Moors; it had been reclaimed by the Dutchman Cornelius Vermuijden (Comm 52, m. 4). ME  livel 'level', used from the seventeenth century of 'a large expanse of level country'.