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 Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Shaugh

Historical Forms

  • Leemore 649 FF
  • Leigh Moore 1695 Recov

Etymology

is Leemore 649FF , Leigh Moore 1695Recov . The moor must be named after some lost place Lee , v. leah .