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.

Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • ye Lee a.1290 Hall
  • Lee 1617 SheffMan 1633 Taylor
  • High Lee 1659 WillS

Etymology

, ye Lee a. 1290 Hall, Lee 1617 SheffMan, 1633 Taylor, High Lee 1659 WillS , v. lēah ' a forest clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name