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.

White Lee Side

Other OS name in the Parish of Birstall

Historical Forms

  • le Wytlegh 1373 YDi
  • White Lee 1817 M

Etymology

, le Wytlegh 1373 YD i, White Lee 1817 M , ' bright glade orclearing ' , v. hwīt , lēah , a common YW p.n .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement