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.

Lee (Fm)

Early-attested site in the Parish of Souldrop

Historical Forms

  • Leye 1276 Ass
  • la Leye 1302,1346 FA

Etymology

'Clearing' v. leah , or possibly 'fallow' v. læge

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement