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.

Looseleigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Tamerton Foliot

Historical Forms

  • Losele(y)gh(e) 1498 Ct 1543 CtAugm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Losele (y )gh (e )1498Ct , 1543CtAugm . ' Pigsty clearing , ' v. hlose , leah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement