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.

Three Leys

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • 1850 TA

Etymology

Three Leys (v. leys; when compounded with a numeral, leys represents grassland units of tenure corresponding to lands similarly used of arable units)