Lye Green
village · Buckinghamshire
Old EnglishAI-generated
Lye Green probably means 'clearing where wood (lye) is made'. It refers to a place where wood was burned to produce lye, a type of alkali.
Word origins
- Lye
- Old Englishwood, timber(from lēag "woodland, clearing")
- Green
- Old Englishvillage green(from grēne "green, village green")
Historical forms
Leegreene