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.

Horslears

Other OS name in the Parish of Axminster

Historical Forms

  • the Horselese 14th Newnham

Etymology

is the Horselese 14thNewnham . ' Horse pasture , ' v. læs . Cf. Oxenlearsinfra 641 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement