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.

Fawleys

Other OS name in the Parish of Laughton en le Morthen

Historical Forms

  • Far Lees 1817 M
  • Four Leys 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, 1840TA , Far Lees 1817 M, Four Leys 1841 O.S. , v. lēah , the first el . is possibly (ge)fall ' a felling of trees ' or falh ' fallow land ' .