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.

Leigh Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cold Ashton

Historical Forms

  • the Lye 1841 TA

Etymology

, the Lye 1841TA , v. lēah ' clearing ' , distinct from lege ( infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement