Whirley, Whirley Hall
Early-attested site in the Parish of Alderley
Historical Forms
- Whirley Farm & Hall 1831 Bry
- Wyrlegh 1348 Eyre
- Wyrley 1353 ib
- Wirleye 1362 BPR
- Wherlegh' 1508 MinAcct
Etymology
Whirley, Whirley Hall (110–877748), Whirley Farm & Hall 1831 Bry, Wyrlegh 1348Eyre (p), Wyrley 1353ib , Wirleye 1362 BPR (p), Wherlegh '1508MinAcct , 'bog-myrtle clearing', v. wīr , lēah , cf. Whirleybarn etc. 121 infra . Whirley Hall was in Birtles township in 1831, and is described as the Higher Hall of Birtles in 1882 Orm2 iii709n.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Alderley Edge
- Bradford Ho, Bradford Lane & Bradford Lodge
- Corbishley
- Adshead Green
- Clinton Hill
- Finlow Hill
- Fittontown
- Harebarrow Fm formerly Old Harborough, Lower Harebarrow & New Harebarrow, Harebarrowlake
- Highlees, Highlees Wood
- Fernhill
- Bradley's Clough
- Fallows Hall
- Birtles Hall
- Dean Green
- Heawood Hall
- Monk's Heath, Monksheath Hall
- Sandle Heath
- Sossmoss Hall & Sossmoss Wood
- Acton Fm
Other OS name
- Bagbrook Bridge & Bagbrook Wood
- Birtles Croft(lost)
- Boggart Wood
- Bollington Ho & Bollington Pits
- Bridge Wood
- Brynlow
- The Butts
- Chandler's Fm
- Coach Pasture Pond
- Corbishley Bridge
- Iron Gates(lost)
- Mere Fm
- Mottram Ho
- Mount Pleasant(lost)
- Oakwood
- Old Hall
- Painters Eye
- Parkhead Pond
- Radnor Mere
- Roadside Fm
- Street Lane Fm, Street Lane(lostlost)
- Adder's Moss
- Bagley Fm(lost)
- Bent's Wood
- Big Wood
- Heatherley Wood
- Higher Park Fm
- Hill Top
- Hocker Lane
- Hum Covert(lost)
- Jenkins Hay Wood
- Moss Plantation
- The Mount
- Noah's Ark
- Oldham's Wood
- Ridley Lane
- Saddlebole
- Shaw Cross
- Sladegreen
- Folly Houses
- Lindow End
- Littlemoss
- Manor Ho
- Merryman's Lane
- Noonsun
- Norbury Cottage & Norbury Ho
- Pedley Bridge & Pedley Ho, Pedley Lane(lost)
- Pownall Bridge & Pownall Brow
- Sandpit Fm
- Springfield
- Beech Wood
- Finlow Hill Wood
- Lomas's Bottoms
- Welsh Row
- Clock House
- Higher Ho
- Trugs i' th' Hole Fm
- Killocks
- Warford Cover, Warford Hall, Warford Lane & Warford Lodge
- Barnfield
- Dumville's Fm
- Knowsley
- Walton Fm
- Bulgamy Wood
- Hibbert's Heatherley
- Stormy Point
- Heathgate
- Swanbank
- Alderley Beacon
- Alderley Cross
- Alderley Mill
- Alderley Park
- Dog Hole Wood
- Frog Lane
- Gatley Green
- Greystead
- Grogan Cottage
- The Hagg(lost)
- Holy Well
- The Topps
- White Barn
- Whitlow Wood
- Windmill Wood
- The Wizard of the Edge
- Wyche's Fm
- Yarwoods
- Yewtree
- Broadheath
- Daniel Hill
- Devils Lane(lost)
- Dickens Fm & Dickens Wood
- Dunge Cottage & Dunge Fm
- Edge Ho
- Finlow's Ho
- Glaze Hill
- Golden Stone
- Greyhound Ho
- Harehill
- Hayman's Fm
- Snug Hall(lost)
- Vardentown
- Waterfall Wood
- Windmill Fm
- Higher Yewtree
- Lower Yewtree
- Antrobus Bridge
- The Ash
- Beech Ho
- Blueball
- Bostock Barns
- Brook
- Brook Cottage & Brook Ho
- Brownfield Ho(lost)
- Stanley Cottage
- Warford Ho