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.

West Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Stainburn

Historical Forms

West Leeys 1550 Whellan 1687

Etymology

is West Leeys 1550 (1687) Whellan . v. lǣs .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

The Yearl

Major Settlement

Stainburn