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Allstone Lee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Alstan(e)leg', Alstan(e)leye Hy3 For 1285 ib
  • Alstonleg', Alstonlegh Hy3 For 1484 WollCh
  • Alston Lee 1575 FF
  • Horse Stone Ley 1767 Burdett

Etymology

Allstone Lee, Alstan (e )leg ', Alstan (e )leye Hy 3For , 1285 ib, Alstonleg ', Alstonlegh Hy 3For , 1484WollCh , Alston Lee 1575FF , Horse Stone Ley 1767 Burdettet freq on maps. 'Alstān's clearing', v. lēah ; for the OE pers.n. v. Feilitzen 152–3 and for its appearance in p.ns. cf. Austcliff (PN Wo 257), Austerson Ch and Austonley (PN SWY 64).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement