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Survey of English Place-Names

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Leeging Beech

Other OS name in the Parish of Enfield

Etymology

is so named in 1658(ParlSurv ) . Cf. Leeging Oak Gutter ( old 6 ″ ) . Possibly we have here a survival of ME  liggyng , ' lying, i.e. fallen , ' from OE licgean .