English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lee Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Lee Hall 1560 Cross
  • Le(z) Legh(es) 1387,1393,1395 Adl
  • Legh Hall 1480 ib
  • Lyehall 1536 ChRR
  • Leigh Hall 1569 ib

Etymology

Lee Hall, Lee Hall 1560Cross , Le (z ) Legh (es )1387, 1393, 1395 Adl, Legh Hall 1480 ib, Lyehall 1536 ChRR, Leigh Hall 1569 ib, 'the woodland glade(s)', v. lēah , hall .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site