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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitley Reed, Reedgate Lane, Reed Ho & Reed Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • le Reede, Whitley Reede 1573 Rental
  • Whitley Reed, Reed House 1831 Bry
  • the Moore, (a certaine Moore comonly called) þe Moss 1651 LRMB

Etymology

Whitley Reed (101–645820), Reedgate Lane, Reed Ho & Reed Lane, le Reede , Whitley Reede 1573Rental , Whitley Reed , Reed House 1831 Bry, the Moore , (a certaine Moore comonly called ) þe Moss 1651LRMB , 'the reed-bed', 'the moor', 'the moss', v. hrēod , mōr 1 , mos . For Reed Lane (101–642807 to 643815), v. Ashwood Lane supra , and for Reedgate Lane cf. Reedgate 132infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site