English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Lyme Handley

Major Settlement in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Lyme Hanley 1478 Orm2

Etymology

cf. Handley , Lyme Hall infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site