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.

The High Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Belvoir

Historical Forms

  • the High Leas(e) 1601,1605,1704 Terrier
  • the High Lees 1612 ib
  • the highe leas 1625 ib

Etymology

, 1803EnclA , the High Leas (e )1601, 1605, 1704Terrier , the High Lees 1612ib , the highe leas 1625ib , v. hēah 1 , leys .