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.

Sower Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Oakley, Great and Little

Historical Forms

  • Sower Leaze 1616 WoodsRept

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Sower Leaze 1616 Woods Rept . v. læs . For a name of opposite meaning cf. Sweetlands (PN D 650) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement