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.

Clay Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Leeds

Historical Forms

  • le Claie Pitt 1612 Surv
  • Claypit(t)s 1612 1687 Lease 1736 LdsM
  • Claypit(t)s House 1765 1770 PRChp

Etymology

( lost ) , le Claie Pitt 1612 Surv, Claypit (t )s 1612 ib, 1687 Lease,1736 LdsM, Claypit (t )s House 1765 ib, 1770 PRChp , v. clǣg , pytt ; it was in Woodhouse .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name