Pronunciation of "le" in England place names

[nq:1]It seems that quite a few place names in England, if not elsewhere in Britain, have "le" followed by an ... to mind right now is "Chester-le-Street". How is this pronounced, and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
It's sometimes pronounced "lee" to rhyme with tree, and sometimes as in the French article. There is a small town north of Warrington called Newton-le

[nq:1]It seems that quite a few place names in England, if not elsewhere in Britain, have "le" followed by an ... to mind right now is "Chester-le-Street". How is this pronounced, and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
And just a few miles away you have Houghton-le-Spring, and next door to it Hetton-le-Hole. In all three cases locals pronounce it "ly" (as in the adve

[nq:2]It seems that quite a few place names in England, ... and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
[nq:1]It's sometimes pronounced "lee" to rhyme with tree, and sometimes as in the French article. There is a small town north of Warrington called Newton-le-Willows which is Newton Lee Willows, or possibly Newton-ly Willows. I think your example is more usually Chester

[nq:1]It seems that quite a few place names in England, if not elsewhere in Britain, have "le" followed by an ... to mind right now is "Chester-le-Street". How is this pronounced, and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
I heard it pronounced "Chesterlee Street", and there was also "Hettonlee Hole", and (I think) "Hootonlee Spring". I'm not sure about the last, because

[nq:2]It's sometimes pronounced "lee" to rhyme with tree, and sometimes ... I think your example is more usually Chester le Street.[/nq]
[nq:1]But Ashby de la Zouche is d@ l@, and the family name De La Rue is dell@'roo or sometimes 'dell@roo[/nq]
How does Chapel en le Frith sound? I have a feeling that the 'en' bit often gets omitted.
Matti

[nq:2]It seems that quite a few place names in England, ... and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
[nq:1]And just a few miles away you have Houghton-le-Spring, and next door to it Hetton-le-Hole. In all three cases locals pronounce it "ly" (as in the adverb ending), though people from elsewhere tend to pronounce it in the French way.[/nq]
Don't forget Dalton-le-D

[nq:1]It seems that quite a few place names in England, if not elsewhere in Britain, have "le" followed by an ... to mind right now is "Chester-le-Street". How is this pronounced, and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
No one's mentioned Marylebone, pronounced "marley-bone." That one's interesting because the "y" vanishes, even though it looks as if the "e" should be

[nq:2]It seems that quite a few place names in England, ... and how are these "le"'s generally pronounced in such names?[/nq]
[nq:1]No one's mentioned Marylebone, pronounced "marley-bone." That one's interesting because the "y" vanishes, even though it looks as if the ... according to the Times Atlas of London. Not "bon/bonne" meaning "good," which I think many of us would have guessed.[/nq]

[nq:2]Why should the "e" be silent?[/nq]
[nq:1]On the model of other words with "yle" like style and Carlyle. "Styleguide" isn't "sty-le-guide". At that point, I was speaking from the point of view of someone who only had the spelling to go by.[/nq]
Got it. I'm so used to "mary-le-bone" that "maryle-bone" never occurred to me. I'm reminded of the Candid Camera episode where Jonathon (sp?)

[nq:1]Got it. I'm so used to "mary-le-bone" that "maryle-bone" never occurred to me. I'm reminded of the Candid Camera episode where Jonathon (sp?) Routh went around London puzzling pedestrians by asking for directions to odd-sounding places such as "key-aps-iddy" (Cheapside).[/nq]
And I, in turn, am reminded of a stunt we pull on visitors here in Phoenix, where the street called "Baseline" (f