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Survey of English Place-Names

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Boundary Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Brick Bank 1795 JCJ 1831 Bry 1842 OS

Etymology

, Brick Bank 1795 JCJ, 1831 Bry, 1842 OS , cf. Brick Kiln Field , Brick Pit Field 1843TA , ' bank, pit and kiln wherebricks are made ' , v. bryke , bryke-kyl , banke , pytt . The lane is on the edge of Congleton Moss infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site