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.

Withenlee

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Within Ley Common 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Within Ley Common 1831 Bry , ' willowclearing ' , v. wīðign , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site