Old Man of Mow
Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury
Etymology
, a prominence at the highest point on Mow Cophill supra . The name might be from dial . man ' a cairn ' ( EDD, NED ) , cf. maen and La 194 , but a figurative origin seems likely , for JCJ explains that the Old Man of Mow is a pillar of rock left standing by the millstone quarrymen in the nineteenth century .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Charity Fm
- Hill Fm
- Limekiln Fm
- Lockett's Tenement
- Millhouse
- Moreton Cottages
- Mow Cop
- Nick i' th' Hill
- Oak Fm
- Peel Fm & Peel Lane
- Pot Bank
- Bath Vale
- The Gorse, Gorse Lane
- Styeheath
- Weld House Fm
- Whetstonedge
- Whitethorn
- Acorn Lane
- Alders Fm
- Bank Ho
- Spark Lane
- Spen Green & Spen Moss
- Stonyflats
- Street Lane
- Wharams Bank
- Wilacre Lane
- Yewtree Fm
- Lane End Cottages
- Lightwood Fm
- Loachbrook, Loachbrook Bridge & Loachbrook Fm
- Pecklow Cob
- Pool Wood
- Sandy Lane
- Cheshire's Close
- Holly Wood
- Wallhill Fm & Wallhill Lane
- High Bent
- Eaton Bank
- Big Fenton
- Fingerpost Fm
- Folly Cottage
- Gosberryhole Lane
- Greenhouse
- Hardings Bank
- Havannah
- Havannah Lane, Havannah Lane Fm
- Hineswood
- Holly Bank
- Hoofridge, Higher Overedge, Irlam Ho
- Island Ho
- Key Green
- Lighthey
- Lowe Fm & Lowe Ho
- Middle Lane
- Mossleyvale Fm
- Higher Overedge
- Pecker Pool
- Pedley Ho & Pedley Lane
- Peover
- Pool Bank
- Quarry Bank
- Rainow Fm & Rainow Hill
- Rookery Fm
- Smithy Fm
- Spout, Spouthouse Fm
- Springbank, Springbank Fm
- Tall-Ash Fm
- Tanhouse Fm
- Timbersbrook
- Vicarage
- Higher Washford Mill
- Weathercock Fm
- Wood Fm, Woodside Fm
- Yewtree Fm
- Astbury Lane End
- Back Lane, Back Lane Fm
- Bank Fm & Bank Top
- Belle Vue Ho
- Berry Bank
- Bida Rd
- Biddulph Rd
- Birch Nook
- Boundary Lane
- Bromley Fm, Bromley Ho & Bromley Lane
- The Brooklands
- Brownswolds
- Canal Rd
- Congleton Edge
- Congleton Moss
- Crofters
- Crosledge(lost)
- Cross Lane
- Dane Bank
- Dane Bridge
- Dane Mill
- Fol Hollow
- Forge Lane, Forge Mill & Forge Wood
- Girthing Bank
- Greenfield Fm
- Heathfield
- Henshall Hall
- Hightown
- Hillesden
- Hill Fm
- Horsley Bank
- The Howty
- The Lakes
- Lambert's Lane
- Leek Rd
- Loachbrook Bridge & Loachbrook Cottages
- Lovers' Walk
- Lower Heath
- The Marsh, Marsh Fm
- Moreton Meadows
- Moss Fm & Moss Rd
- The Mount
- Padgbury Fm, Padgbury Ho & Padgbury Lane
- Parnellscroft
- Priesty Fields
- Primrose Vale
- Puddle Bank
- The Quinta
- Reade's Lane
- Roodhill Fm, Rood Lane
- Rowseley
- Springfield
- Stony Lane
- Tidnock Ho
- Town Wood
- Wagg Rd & Wagg St.
- Westbourne
- West End Cottages
- West Heath
- Westholm
- Windy Bank
- Brown's Bank
- Davenport Bridge
- Davenport Hall
- Davenport Ho
- Dingle Wood
- Engine Wood
- Hare Lane Rough
- North Wood
- Pinfold Rough
- Stockery Park Fm
- Woodhouse Fm
- Brickhouse Fm
- Chiphill Cottages
- Claphatch
- Daisy Bank
- Giantswood Lane
- Hulme Walfield Fm & Hulme Walfield Hall
- Hulme Walfield Old Hall
- Manorhouse Fm
- Mountpleasant Fm
- Sandhole Fm
- Sandylane Fm
- Shannock Big Wood
- Smithy Cottage
- Square Wood
- Thornlaw Cottage
- Brownlow Fm & Brownlow Heath
- Grotto Wood
- Hall Fm
- Hanging Wood
- Home Fm
- Kingspool Wood
- Limekiln Wood
- Lodge Fm
- Moreton Green & Moreton Mill(lostlost)
- Mow Cop
- Roe Park, Roe Park Fm
- Round Plantation
- The Wilderness
- Wood Fm
- Alma Cottage
- Ashbank Fm
- The Bank, Higher Bank Fm & Lower Bank Fm, Bank Fm, Bank Ho
- Bath Wood
- Birch Tree Fm
- Blakemoor Cottage
- Boardedbarn
- Bogg Hall
- Bratt's Wood
- Brick Ho
- Chance Hall
- Cinder Hill, Cinder Hill Lane
- Claphatch
- Close Fm
- Dip
- Drumber Lane
- Forge Mill
- Hall Green
- Hatching Close
- Hill Cottage
- Hobson's Wood
- Holehouse Fm
- Kent Green, Kent Green Fm
- Lawton Salt Works
- Lion Cottage
- Low Fm
- Middle Wood
- Millbank Wood, Mill Pond
- Moor's Fm
- Moss Cottage & Moss Wood, Little Moss
- Motterstall
- Mount Pleasant
- Mow Lane
- Old House Green
- Old Wood
- Packhorse Fm
- Parson's Well
- Pearhouse
- Pool Wood
- Portland Ho
- Prize Plantation
- Pump Fm
- Quarry Wood
- Ramsdell Hall
- Rookery Fm
- Shoulder of Mutton Wood
- Higher Smallwood
- Springbank
- Sprink Plantation
- Squires Well
- Stanmer Ho(lost)
- Stone Chair Fm
- Sugar Well
- Townsend Cottages, Townsend Fm & Townsend Lane
- Walkers Lane
- Wilderness Wood
- Willow Planting
- Abbey Grove
- Bank Ho
- Brookhouse Fm, Brookhouse Green & Brookhouse Moss
- Broom Croft
- Cross Lane
- Dayhouse Green, Deersgreen
- Fourlanes End
- Greenbank
- Greenfield Cottage
- Hangman's Lane
- Manor Ho
- Martin's Moss
- Mill Fm
- Moss Fm
- Mossbank Fm
- Mossend, Mossend Fm
- Noah's Ark
- Overton Green & Overton Hall
- Pools Lane
- Bank Fm
- Baytree Fm
- Bent Fm & Bent Lane
- Black Cob
- Brickhouse
- Brook Fm & Brook Ho
- Brownlow, Brownlow Fm & Brownlow Heath
- Child's Lane
- Ciss Green
- Corda Well
- Dairy Brook, Dairy Brook Fm & Dairy Brook Bridge
- Dobb's Lane
- Dubthorn
- Edge Hill
- Fairfields
- Fence Lane
- Fieldhouse Fm
- Glebe Fm
- Upper Hulme
- Watery Lane
- Boughmoor Fm
- Brocksgreen
- Brook Ho
- Cat Stones
- The Cloud, Cloud Side
- Coach & Horses
- Colleymill Bridge
- Crouch Lane
- Lower Dane-en-Shaw(lost)
- Diglake
- School Fm
- Simfield Ho
- Smallwoodhouse Fm
- Smallwood Mill
- Bridestones
- Ruemoss
Early-attested site
- Crossley, Crossley Hall
- Somerford Hall, Somerford Park & Somerford Fm
- Radnor Bridge, Radnor Hall & Radnor Wood
- Dane in Shaw, Dane in Shaw Brook
- Mossley, Mossley Fm, Mossley Hall, Mossley Ho & Mossley Moss
- Parkhill, Park Lane
- Alcumlow
- Great Moreton Hall
- Moreton Old Hall or Little Moreton Hall
- Rode Hall, Rode Heath, Rode Close, Rode Mill & Rode Pool
- Big Barr
- Boden Hall
- Cuttleford
- Mow Cop
- Scholar Green
- Street Lane
- Thurlwood
- Wood Fm
- Astbury
- Newbold