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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hose Side Rd, Oarside Dairy Fm, and Hoseside

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wallasey

Historical Forms

  • le Houe E1 AddCh
  • the Hose 1809 Sheaf
  • How Side 1831 Bry

Etymology

Hose Side Rd, Oarside Dairy Fm (lost, 100–303929), and Hoseside 333 infra , le Houe E1AddCh , the Hose 1809 Sheaf, also How Side 1831 Bry (Mount Pleasant Rd), 'the (side of the) hill or ridge', v. hōh , sīde .