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.

Lye

Early-attested site in the Parish of Old Swinford

Historical Forms

  • de Lega, atte Leye, the Lye 1275,1327 SR 1550 Wills
  • Ley 1625 WillsP

Etymology

'The clearing,' v . leah, cf. Leigh supra 204 pronounced as Lye .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement