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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gatley Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderley

Historical Forms

  • Gatiler 1391 ChRR

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Gatiler 1391ChRR (p) , ' goat clearing ' , v. gāt , lēah , grēne 2 ; Gatiler is probably an error for Gatiley since a toponymical surname in -(i )er , ' man fromGatley ' , is not likely in this part of England at this date ( Fransson193 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name