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Survey of English Place-Names

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Melton Leys

Other OS name in the Parish of Sherburn in Elmet

Historical Forms

  • Melton Leyes, Melton Leyze 1674 Dep

Etymology

, Melton Leyes , Melton Leyze 1674Dep , v. lēah ' clearing ' .