Levisham

A Dictionary of British Place-Names | 2003 | Copyright

Levisham N. Yorks. Leuecen [sic] 1086 (DB), Leuezham c.1230. Probably ‘homestead or village of a man called Lēofgēat’, OE pers. name + hām.

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