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 Chapel olim West Lee

Major Settlement in the Parish of Lee Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Leam 1086 DB
  • la Lee, la Lee hacch, chapel of la Lee 1339 Cl
  • Leye 1254 EASxviii
  • Westleg' 1254 Ass
  • Westlee 1326 Londin

Etymology

v. leah , hæcc . West as opposed to East Lee infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site