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.

Ledston

Major Settlement in the Parish of Ledsham

Historical Forms

  • Ledestun(e), Ledestona 1086 DB c.1090 Pont 1230 Ebor 1251 Ass 1258 YI 1268 FF 1272 Abbr 1379 PT
  • Ledistonam, Ledistuna Hy2 Ch 1230 YCh 1155–8 Pont c.1236
  • Ledston(e) 1545 WillY 1563 PRLed

Etymology

'Farmstead belonging to Leeds', v. tūn and cf. Leeds 124infra , Ledsham 49supra .