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.

Water Lees

Other OS name in the Parish of Taddington

Historical Forms

  • Water Less 1773 Fairbank

Etymology

, Water Less 1773Fairbank , v. wæter , lēah or lǣs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement