Lea in the Domesday Book (1086)

Lea is named in the Domesday Book, compiled by Norman commissioners in 1086, entered under the hundred of Amounderness in Yorkshire.

Other Settlements in Amounderness

• Aighton
• Aldcliffe
• Aldingham
• Arkholme
• Aschebi
• Ashton [Hall]
• Ashton [on Ribble]
• Austwick
• Barbon
• Bardsea
• Bare
• Barnoldswick
• Barton
• Beetham

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Lea is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

Remarkably, the name has changed little since 1086, when the Domesday scribes wrote it as Lea.

Listed Buildings Near Lea

Historic England records 8 listed buildings within about a mile of Lea. Listing protects structures of special architectural or historic interest, graded I (exceptional), II* (particularly important) and II.

Grade I

• Old Lea Hall Farmhouse - 0.74 km

Grade II

• Barn Circa 75 Metres North of New Hall Farmhouse - 0.72 km
• Barn Circa 120 Metres South East of Old Hall Farmhouse - 0.73 km
• Stable Block Circa 50 Metres South of Old Lea Hall Farmhouse - 0.76 km
• Raikes Farmhouse (North to West Half Only) - 1.14 km
• Cross on Corner at Junction With Lea Lane - 1.16 km
• Canal Bridge Number 19 Quaker’s Bridge - 1.25 km
• Leyland Bridge Farmhouse - 1.29 km

Lea Today

Today Lea lies within the administrative area of Preston, and the settlement recorded a population of 7,147 at the 2021 census. Nine and a half centuries separate that figure from the small rural community the Domesday survey recorded here in 1086.

Read more about modern Lea on Wikipedia .

Nearby Domesday Settlements

Other places recorded in the 1086 survey within a few miles:

• Clifton - 2.0 km W
• Salwick Hall - 2.8 km NW
• Newton - 4.0 km W
• Ashton on Ribble - 4.0 km E
• Woodplumpton - 4.1 km N
• Treales - 5.4 km W