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.

Spen Green & Spen Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Spen Green 1700 Sheaf

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Spen Green 1700 Sheaf , cf. Spend bridge 1619 ib , v. spenne , brycg , grēne 2 , mos .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site