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.

leceter way

Field in the Parish of Rearsby

Historical Forms

  • leceter way 1601 Terrier
  • leiceter way 1612 Terrier
  • leicetre waye 1612 Terrier
  • lecetre way furlonge 1601 Terrier

Etymology

leceter way 1601, leiceter way, leicetre waye 1612, Leicester way 1625, 1648, 1731, lecetre way furlonge 1601, Leicester way furlong 1675, 1679 et passim to 1745 (v. furlang) (v. weg; the road to Leicester, 7 miles to the south - west)