Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Grene Leas 1575 MC

• (Close called) Greene Leas 1575,1603 MC

• greene lees 1575 MC

• the Grene Lease 1584 MC

• the greene leas 1675 MC

Etymology

( lost TF 093 905 ) , 1830 Gre , Grene Leas 1575MC ,(Close called ) Greene Leas 1575, 1603MC , greene lees 1575MC , the Grene Lease 1584MC , the greene leas 1675MC , cf. Green leys Close 1774EnclA ; the 1584 form suggests that this is ' the green pasture,meadow-land ' v. grēne 1 , lǣs , but spellings in leas , leys are frequent as appellatives in north L Terriers for the pl . of lea ' meadows,pastures ' .