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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shepherd's Brow

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Street Head 1842 OS

Etymology

, 1831Bry , Street Head 1842 OS , v. brū ' a brow, a rise ' , strǣt , hēafod ' ahead, an eminence, the top of– ' . This is part of ' Watling Street' 140 , cf. Washway infra , Streethead 16supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site