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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hay Furlong Leys

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • 1762 EnclA 1731 Terrier 1745 Terrier
  • Hey furlong leyes 1648 Terrier

Etymology

Hay Furlong Leys 1762 (1731, 1745, Hey furlong leyes 1648, Hay Furlong Leyes 1675, 1679 et passim to 1712, cf. nether heyfurlonge leyes 1648, v. hēg, furlang, leys)