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.

The Leys

Early-attested site in the Parish of Mathon

Historical Forms

  • de la Lee, de la Lye 1275 SR 1302 WoCh

Etymology

v. leah .