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.

Leathersley

Other OS name in the Parish of Sudbury

Historical Forms

  • Lethersley 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Lethersley 1767 Burdett , cf. Letherwod 1415DuLaMB . The first element may be the OE  pers.n.*Lēodhere .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement