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.

High Lea Dairy & High Lea Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Hinton Martell

Historical Forms

  • High Ley, High Leys Flg 1838 TA

Etymology

, High Ley , High Leys Flg 1838TA , cf. boscum de Langhgeley c. 1300DCMDeed , v. lēah ' wood, clearing in a wood ' , lang 1 ' long ' ; High Lea Fm is on a low hill .