English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Congleton Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Congleton Edge, Congleton Hedge 1593 JCJ
  • The Edge 1595 ib
  • Congleton Hedge (or Edge) 1656 Orm2

Etymology

, 1602 JCJ , Congleton Edge , Congleton Hedge 1593 JCJ, The Edge 1595 ib, Congleton Hedge (or Edge )1656 Orm2 , a great hill on the St boundary , giving name to a hamlet , v. ecg , cf. Congleton supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site