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.

The Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Bramham

Historical Forms

  • the Leas 1716 WYEnr

Etymology

, the Leas 1716WYEnr 129 , cf. Leys Close 1848TA , v. lēah ' clearing ' .