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.

Lea

Major Settlement in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Lee 1241 MRA
  • (le) Lee 1281,1287 Court
  • the Lee 1621 Orm2 1656
  • Lee by Berterton 1400 Pat
  • Lee juxta Wybunburye 1581 Orm2
  • Ley 1515 ChEx
  • Lea 1558–79 ChancP
  • Lea iuxta Wybunbury 1584 ChRR
  • Lea or Lee 1860 White

Etymology

'At the clearing', v. lēah (dat.sg. lēa ). Lea is near Batherton 50supra , Wybunbury 80infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site