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.

Black Leys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bletchingdon

Etymology

Black Leys. Cf. Blakeleyeweye c. 1270 Os. 'Dark wood,' v. blæc , (a)h, weg .