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.

Warm Lee

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Warmeleighe 1572 WCR1d

Etymology

, Warmeleighe 1572WCR 1d , ' warm ( perhaps ' sheltered ' ) clearing ' , v. wearm , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name