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.

Lizards

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedgefield

Historical Forms

  • unu' tentu' sive pastur' vocat' Leazards als Lizards 1722 HC/CB
  • Lizards Homestall 1838×9 TA

Etymology

: unu ' tentu ' sive pastur ' vocat ' Leazards als Lizards 1722HC /CB , Lizards Homestall 1838×9TA , v. lǣs , oblique case lǣswe , ' meadow ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site