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.

Leigh Delamere

Major Settlement in the Parish of Leigh Delamere

Historical Forms

  • Leye 1236 FF
  • la Legh, Lega 1242 Fees
  • Lye juxta Lokyngton 1412 FA
  • Legh juxta Castelcomb 1534 FF
  • Lye Dallamer t.Eliz WMxxi
  • Lydallimore 1637 Phillipps
  • Leigh de la More 1641 Sadler
  • Lye Dallemore 1645 WMxix
  • Ligh Dallimor 1722 Recov

Etymology

'Clearing or wood,' v. leah . Adam de la Mare held the manor in 1236 and 1242. Cf. Fisherton de la Mere infra 161.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site