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Survey of English Place-Names

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Inglandes lees

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • Inglandes lees 1601 Terrier 1612 Terrier
  • Englands leas 1625 Terrier

Etymology

Inglandes lees 1601, 1612, Englands leas 1625, Englands Leyes 1648, 1675 et passim to 1712, Englands Leys 1709 (18), 1745 (v. leys; with the common Leics. surn. England)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement