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.

Lairs

Other OS name in the Parish of Warter

Historical Forms

  • Layrhil(le) 13th Warter

Etymology

is Layrhil (le )13thWarter . Possibly leirr ' clay , ' but cf. Lair Hill supra 164 . There are no traces of burial mounds here .