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, Leigh Cross, Leigh Fm, Leigh Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ibberton

Etymology

( 1811 OS ) ( 1839TA , a crossroads , v. cross ) , cf. Gt Leigh , Home Leigh , Lr Leigh 1839TA , v. lēah ' wood, clearing in a wood ' .