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Dewsnap Fm & Dewsnap Lane

Early-attested site in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • le Dewis(c)nape l13 AddCh
  • le Dewisnape 1290 Eyre
  • Dewysnape 1285 1304 Chamb 1312 Plea 1321 AddCh
  • le Dewysnape 1361 Eyre
  • Dewysnape(pe) 1285,1286 ib
  • Dewysscnap 1494 SocAnt
  • Deny snape 1285 Eyre
  • Deuyssnape 1340 BPR
  • Deusnape 1287 Eyre 1294 Earw
  • le Dewsnape 1404 LRODx15
  • Dewsnap 1831 Bry
  • Dewsnop 1842 OS

Etymology

'Dewy bogland', v. dēawig , snæp , cf. Dewsnip 310infra , and Dewsnaps 327infra , Db 77.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name