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.

Leigh

Other OS name in the Parish of Ugborough

Historical Forms

  • Legh 1242 Fees770
  • Leghe 1330 SR

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Legh 1242 Fees 770, Leghe 1330SR (p) . v. leah .