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Roodhill Fm, Rood Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Roade Lane 1582 JCJ
  • Rood(e) Lane, Rodde Lane 1593 ib
  • the Roade Lane 1593 ib

Etymology

, Roade Lane 1582 JCJ, Rood (e ) Lane , Rodde Lane 1593 ib, the Roade Lane 1593 ib , from rōd 2 ' a rood, a cross ' or rōd 3 ' arood of land ' , v. hyll , lane .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site