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.

Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of Ilfracombe

Historical Forms

  • Legh 1416 Exon

Etymology

is Legh 1416 Exon , v. leah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement