Släkthistoria för Leicester
Leicester Vad efternamn betyder
from Leicester (Leics) which is recorded as Ligeraceastre in the 10th century. The place-name derives from an Old English folk name *Legore ‘the dwellers by the river Legor (a lost river-name)’ + Old English ceaster ‘city Roman fortification’.
Källa: The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, 2016
