Leigh
Major Settlement in the Parish of Leigh
Historical Forms
- Beornothesleah, Beornoðesleah 972 BCS1282 c.1050
- Lege, Lega 1086 DB c.1086 EveA 1190 Surv c.1150 Tax 1291
- Leya 1251 BM 1275 SR
- Lye juxta magnam Maluerniam 1389 FF
- Lyʒgh 1535 VE
- Leight, Lyeth, Lyght 16th Wills
- Lye 1646 Nash 18th Ogilby 1675
Etymology
v. leah . Originally this clearing was distinguished by the prefixing of the pers. name Beornnōð , later as 'near Malvern.'