Lower Ley & Upper Ley
Early-attested site in the Parish of Westbury on Severn
Historical Forms
- Leg(h)a 1221 Ass
- (la) Ley(e) c.1270 For 1287 Ass 1486 Ipm
- Nether Ley(e) 1248,1287 Ass 1327 SR 1695 ParlSurv
- Uuer Ley(e) 1248 Ass
- Over Ley(e), Ouer Ley(e) 1300 Heref 1327 SR 1695 ParlSurv
- Lye 1332 Ipm 1385 Ass
- Lee 1421 Pat
- Ouer Lee 1438 FF
Etymology
Lower Ley & Upper Ley, Leg (h )a 1221Ass , (la ) Ley (e )c. 1270For , 1287Ass et freq to 1486 Ipm, Nether Ley (e )1248, 1287Ass , 1327SR et passim to 1695ParlSurv , Uuer Ley (e )1248Ass , Over Ley (e ), Ouer Ley (e )1300 Heref, 1327SR et passim to 1695ParlSurv , Lye 1332 Ipm, 1385Ass , Lee 1421 Pat, Ouer Lee 1438FF . v. lēah 'forest-glade or clearing'.
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Whitehouse
- Whitlow Lane
- Wilmore
- Wincoll's Fm
- Wintles Hill
- Baglaw
- Barn Wood
- Base Court
- Birchen Grove
- Bitterlands
- Blakemoor Hall
- Blaisdon Bridge Ho
- Blue Boys Fm
- Boughton
- Boxbush
- Brokencross Fm
- Brook Fm
- Broughtons (Wood)
- Burghill
- Bury Court
- Bush Crib
- Chapelmere
- Constance Fm
- Copland Wood
- Cotshill
- Cowle's Fm
- Cowley's Elm
- Dean Grove
- Dove Ho
- Dumball
- Elton Hay
- Elton Marsh
- The Flat
- Framilode Passage
- Frowen's Fm
- Gamage Court
- Garden Cliff
- Gatwick
- Grange Court
- Gravel Fm
- Green Fm
- Grove Fm
- Hampney
- Hartlands Hill
- Hayden
- The Heald
- Hillside Fm
- Horseman's Bridge
- Hunt Hill
- Knavingcots
- Lake Fm
- Ley Court, Ley Fold & Ley Park
- Longcroft
- Morwent's Fm
- Moys Hill
- Ninnage Lodge
- The Noards
- Peglars
- Perrywell Wood
- Pitch House Hay
- Poultons Hill
- Pound Fm
- Reddings
- Rock Fm
- St Mary's Church
- Stanley
- Strand
- Taylors
- Unla Water
- Westbury Court