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Washway Fm & Washway Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Woods Farm 1831 Bry
  • Wood House 1841 TA
  • Washway 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Woods Farm 1831 Bry, Wood House 1841TA , fromthe surname Wood . The modern name is from Washway 1831 Bry , v . ' Watling Street' 140 , cf. Washway 6supra . The course of the Roman road in Dunham Massey is from New Bridge northwards past Streethead 16supra , Shepherd 's Brow , Dunham Road , Highgate Rd , thence by a footpath in a line to Davenport Lane , where the modern road , Manchester Rd 9supra , rejoins it .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site