The story
- Old English · derived fromlēah“clearing, glade”
- English todayLeybourne
From Old English lēah (“clearing, glade”) + burna (“stream, spring, fountain”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishlēah all →
lealeighRipleyHadleyBurnleylyeExleyKirkleyOuseleyDinckleyHigh Legh-leighRansleyWinkley
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.