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.

Over, Mid and Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Lehows, Leehows 1513 Derwent
  • Upper leehouse 1707 PR
  • Nether Lee house 1702 Derwent

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) ( 6 ″ ) Lee Ho are Lehows , Leehows 1513Derwent , Upper leehouse 1707 PR, Nether Lee house 1702Derwent . Leipsic and Moscow are close to one another in a remote part of the parish . They were probably so nicknamed in the days of the Napoleonic wars . Cf. infra Fan .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement