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.

Lea Hole

Other OS name in the Parish of Bewcastle

Historical Forms

  • Leehole 1589 ExchKR
  • the Lehole 1603 Gilsland
  • le Hole 1626 Boothby
  • Leahole 1633 Naworth

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Leehole 1589ExchKR , the Lehole 1603 Gilsland, le Hole 1626Boothby , Leahole 1633 Naworth .