Priorslee
suburban area · Telford and Wrekin
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Priorslee likely means 'the clearing or pasture of a prior'. 'Prior' is from Latin 'prior' via Old French. 'Lee' is from Old English 'lēah', meaning 'woodland clearing' or 'meadow'.
Word origins
- Prior
- Unknownprior (head of a monastery)(from prior "first, chief, prior")
- lee
- Old EnglishAttestedclearing, meadow(from lēah "woodland clearing, meadow")