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.

the swath lea

Field in the Parish of Waithe

Historical Forms

the swath lea c.1650 Terrier

Etymology

the swath lea c.1650(v. swæð'aswathe', lea(OE lēah))

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Waithe