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.

Lees

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Historical Forms

  • les Leahes 1343 MinAcct
  • les Leghes 1423 ib
  • the Leeze 1651 ParlSurv

Etymology

, 1638 PRWd , les Leahes 1343MinAcct , les Leghes 1423 ib, the Leeze 1651ParlSurv , v. lēah ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name