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.

Wood Leys

Field in the Parish of Thistleton

Historical Forms

  • 1942 Deed 1943 Map
  • Woodleyes 1576 ExchDep
  • Wood Leas 1607 Bru 1633 Bru
  • Woode Leyes 1609 Bru 1633 Bru c1635 Map

Etymology

Wood Leys 1942, 1943(Woodleyes 1576 ExchDep, Wood Leas 1607,1633, Woode Leyes 1609, 1633, c1635, v. wudu, lēah).

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement