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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.

Muswell Leys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Monks Kirby

Etymology

Muswell Leys. Cf. Musewellesiche t. Hy 1Kenilworth , Musewellesshiche 1316 Ipm, Musewelles siche , Moswell felde c. 1520MinAcct . 'Moss-spring,' v. meos , wielle , sic . Cf. Muswell Hill (Mx).