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.

Old Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Hibaldstow

Historical Forms

  • the Old Leys 1796 EnclA 1837 CCLeases

Etymology

, the Old Leys 1796EnclA , 1837CCLeases , v. lea , ley ( OE  lēah ) ' meadow, pasture ' , in the pl .