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.

Ley Seat

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Leesett 1687 BdyR

Etymology

, Leesett 1687BdyR , the name of a scar on the YN boundary in an extensive moorland enclosure , v. lǣs ' pasture ' , sǽti ' seat, outcrop of rock on ahilltop ' ( cf. Hugh Seat ii, 12supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name