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.

Elm Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Badsworth

Historical Forms

  • Hemleys 1771 M
  • Elm Lees 1840 TA

Etymology

, Hemleys 1771 M, Elm Lees 1840TA , v. elm , lēah .