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.

Leventhorpe Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Swillington

Historical Forms

  • Lewintorp 1210–25 YChviii
  • Lenthorp 1529 TestLds
  • Lenthrop 1665 Visit
  • Leventhorp Hall 1652 WillS

Etymology

Leventhorpe Hall, Lewintorp 1210–25 YCh viii(p), Lenthorp 1529 TestLds, Lenthrop 1665 Visit, Leventhorp Hall 1652 WillS. 'Lēofwine's outlying farmstead', from the OE  pers.n. Lēofwine , ME  Lewin , Leuin , and þorp .