Etymology

Darcy Lever

Today it means: A suburb of Bolton, Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England (OS grid ref SD7308). Full definition →

Old English lǣfer
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The story

  1. Old English · derived fromlǣfer“place where rushes grow”
  2. English todayDarcy Lever

The manorial affix is from the D'Arcy family; Lever is from Old English lǣfer (“place where rushes grow”). Recorded as Darcye Lever in 1590.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishlǣfer all →

Leverton

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.