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Survey of English Place-Names

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Leak Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Emley

Historical Forms

  • Leyke 1490 YDvi
  • Leyke Hall 1549 1550 YDviii
  • Leikhall 1544 ib
  • Leekhall 1552 ib

Etymology

, 1817 M , Leyke 1490 YD vi, Leyke Hall 1549 ib, 1550 YD viii, Leikhall 1544 ib, Leekhall 1552 ib , v. l kr ' brook, rivulet ' , probably an older name of Pingle Dike , above which the hall stands ; a Sam ' l Leake was living in the parish in 1743 PREm 159 , but his surname doubtless originates in the p.n .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site