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.

Mill Dams

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheadle

Historical Forms

  • the weyre of the mill of Hondfort 1543 Earw

Etymology

( 101–863828 ) , at Handforth Print Works ( 101–860828 ) , 1842 OS , probably the site of the weyre of the mill of Hondfort 1543Earw , built c.1291 ib 1263 , v. myln , damme , wer .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name