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.
Survey of English place-names
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Lee
Lee
Other OS name in the Parish of Broadhempston
Historical Forms
La Legh
1238
Ass
at Ley
1571
SR
Etymology
is
La
Legh
1238
Ass
,
at
Ley
1571
SR
(p) . v.
leah
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Bickaton
Fishacre
Purcombe
Other OS name
Beaston
Halswell
Old Walls
Waytown
Major Settlement
Broadhempston