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Survey of English Place-Names

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Black Leases

Other OS name in the Parish of Newbiggin

Historical Forms

  • Black Lees(es) 1726 PR(Wp) 1776 PR
  • Blackleighs 1745 ib
  • -laith 1770 M

Etymology

, 1865 OS , Black Lees (es )1726 PR(Wp),1776 PR, Blackleighs 1745 ib, -laith 1770 M , ' black meadows ' , v. blæc , lǣs .