I have extracted the attached list of Leggatt burials in the 16th to 19th centuries from the Lodsworth St Peter’s burial register. I assume that Leggatt Hill was named after this family but it could of course be the other way round.
James Tree LHS
| SURNAME | FORENAME | YEAR | MONTH | DAY | AGE | OTHER |
| LEGATE | Catheren | 1626 | Feb | 11 | weif of Robert | |
| LEGATE | Gillia | 1621 | Feb | 26 | weif of Edward Legate of Rudland in Selham pish buried at Lodsworth | |
| LEGATE | Joane | 1617 | Sep | 27 | dau of William of Selham buried at Selham | |
| LEGATE | Joane | 1634 | Feb | 16 | old Joane Legate the dumbe woman att Oke | |
| LEGATE | Robert | 1620 | Nov | 24 | the elder | |
| LEGATT | Alice | 1591 | Mar | 24 | wyf of Robert | |
| LEGATT | Austen | 1560 | May | 30 | ||
| LEGATT | Bridgett | 1591 | Aug | 03 | wyf of Edward | |
| LEGATT | Elenor | 1587 | Jan | 11 | wyf of Everet | |
| LEGATT | Joane | 1582 | Jan | 14 | dau of Robert | |
| LEGATT | Thomas | 1579 | Oct | 22 | ||
| LEGATT | Thomas | 1584 | 12 | son of Robert | ||
| LEGATT | Mary | 1752 | Feb | 10 | wid | |
| LEGGAT | Joane | 1684 | Jan | 24 | was buried in woolen as appears by an affidavit | |
| LEGGAT | Robert | 1664 | Apr | 06 | ||
| LEGGATT | Edward | 1611 | Sep | 01 | ||
| LEGGATT | Edward | 1670 | Jun | 18 | ||
| LEGGATT | Elizabeth | 1610 | Jul | 08 | dau of Roberte | |
| LEGGATT | John | 1663 | Oct | 05 | ||
| LEGGATT | John | 1710 | Jun | 03 | ||
| LEGGATT | John | 1736 | Apr | 13 | ||
| LEGGATT | Margaret | 1703 | Feb | 23 | ||
| LEGGATT | Mary | 1668 | Jan | 20 | widdow | |
| LEGGATT | Robert | 1672 | Jul | 15 | son of Robert | |
| LEGGATT | Robert | 1692 | Mar | 22 | ||
| LEGGATT | Sarah | 1691 | Apr | 15 | ||
| LEGGATT | Sarah | 1719 | Nov | 09 | widow | |
| LEGGATT | Edward | 1611 | Sep | 01 | ||
| LEGGATT | John | 1755 | Dec | 05 | son of John | |
| LEGGATT | Catherine | 1769 | May | 13 | wife of John | |
| LEGGATT | John | 1780 | May | 26 | Gent | |
| LEGGATT | Lucy | 1843 | Apr | 14 | ||
| LEGGATT | Martha | 1844 | Sep | 04 | 22y | |
| LEGGATT | Ruth | 1864 | Oct | 09 | ||
| LEGGATT | William | 1872 | Dec | 20 | 79y |
My thanks for your prompt response. In Norfolk a leggatt is an instrument used in thatching but I gather there are various origins for the name.
Hugo Leggatt
Hello I have some Leggatt relatives. William Leggatt who was a cordwainer in Smithbrook from the 1861 census. His wife Frances and children. Clara Leggatt was my great grandmother.