Tour Scotland photograph of the Margaret Lees gravestone in the cemetery in East Wemyss, Fife, Scotland. Sacred to the memory of Margaret Lees, died 28th of March, 1934, aged 58.
This name recorded as Lee, Lees, Lea, Leas, Lease and Leese is of Olde English origin. It is usually locational and derives from any of the places named with the pre 7th Century element " leah ". This translates as " an open place " in a forest or wood, but may describe a water meadow, the word having different meanings in different parts of the country. Examples of the place names include Lee in Buckinghamshire and Hampshire, and also Lea in Cheshire, Lincolnshire and Wiltshire. England.
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