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.

Leicester Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Countesthorpe

Historical Forms

  • Lester way 1625,1703 Terrier
  • Leicester way 1638,c.1674,1639 ib

Etymology

is Lester way 1625, 1703Terrier , Leicester way 1638, c.1674, 1639ib , v. weg ; early Leicester lay 4 miles to the north .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement