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Leys Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Winterton

Etymology

, cf. Lease gate 1661WintertonPD , the leas gates 1673Yarb , the Leys road 1772EnclA , the Lease 1614Terrier , the Leese 1661WintertonPD , a parcell of ground called the Leise 1665Monson , the Leazes 1770MiscDon 614 , the Leys 1772EnclA , from the pl . of OE  lǣs ' pasture, meadow-land ' .