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Woodhouse Lane, Woodhouses

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashton on Mersey & Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • (Ashton) Woodhouses 1831 ib
  • Asshton Wode 1353 Indict
  • Assheton' Wode 1422 AddCh

Etymology

, (Ashton ) Woodhouses 1831 ib, Asshton Wode 1353Indict ,Assheton ' Wode 1422AddCh , ' houses at a wood ' , v. wudu , hūs .