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.

Oxenlears

Other OS name in the Parish of Kilmington

Historical Forms

  • Oxen lees 1525 AOMB

Etymology

is Oxen lees 1525AOMB . ' Oxen pasture , ' v. læs . Cf. Horslears 635supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement