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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gosberryhole Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Big Gosberry Hall & Little Gosberry Hall 1840 TA

Etymology

, Big Gosberry Hall & Little Gosberry Hall 1840TA , perhaps alluding to either of the rural arts of Cheshire , raising show - gooseberries and playing chaperone , v. hol 1 ' a hollow ' . J.C.J . observes that raising the fruit would be impossible at this altitude but a sheltered hollow might allow either sport .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site