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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lees Hall

Early-attested site in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • Lees Hy3 For
  • le Leghes, Leyes (p) 1285 ib
  • Lees 1381 SR
  • Lees in Glossopdale 1553–5 ECP

Etymology

Lees Hall, Lees Hy 3For (p), le Leghes , Leyes (p)1285 ib, Lees 1381SR (p), Lees in Glossopdale 1553–5 ECP. Presumably 'the clearings', v. lēah ; cf. Calton Lees supra 91.