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.

Ear Lees

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Earles 1817 M

Etymology

, Earles 1817 M , ' ploughing clearings ' , v. ere- , lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name