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 Syston

Historical Forms

  • Leicester road 1846,1863,1877 White
  • Leicester Way 1778 EnclA

Etymology

, Leicester road 1846, 1863, 1877 White; it is Leicester Way 1778EnclA , the 18th cent. Borough of Leicester lying 5 miles to the southwest .