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.

Oakleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Bromborough

Historical Forms

  • de Okelegh 1353 Ch 1378

Etymology

, apparently a modern house - name not connected with Richard son of John de Okelegh 1353 (1378) Ch ( v. āc , lēah ) who gave land in Bromborough to St Werburgh 's abbey , Chester .