Nun Low
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bradwell
Historical Forms
- (boscum regis de) Nunneleg' Hy3 For
- (bosci de) Nonneleye, (bosci de) Noneleye 1285 ib
- Nunley 1688 Map
Etymology
Nun Low (6″), (boscum regis de ) Nunneleg 'Hy 3For , (bosci de ) Nonneleye , (bosci de ) Noneleye 1285 ib, Nunley 1688Map . 'Nunna's wood', v. lēah . For the later interchange of lēah and hlāw , cf. Barlow infra 203.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Bagshaw Cavern
- Blake Pool
- Bothams Fm
- Bradwell Dale
- Bradwell Edge
- Bradwell Moor
- Cresswellpart Lane
- Fox Lane
- Green Dale
- Hungry Lane
- Jack Bank
- Jeffery Lane
- Lambpart Lane
- Lee Ho
- Mich Low
- Michlow Lane
- Moor Brook Lane
- Moss Rake
- Outlands Head
- Rebellion Knoll
- Smalldale
- Smithy-Hill
- Grey Ditch
- Newwall Nook
- Paradise Fm
- Shuttle Rake
- Smalldale Head
- Stretfield Road
- Wortley Mine