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 Lees

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Historical Forms

  • the Upper Lees 1698 Arm

Etymology

, the Upper Lees 1698 Arm , v. lēah , cf. Kirklees supra .