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.

Over Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of New Mills

Historical Forms

  • Overleighe, Overley 1641 DuLaSC

Etymology

, Overleighe , Overley 1641DuLaSC , v. uferra , lēah .