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Brownslow

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Brownslow Green 1831 ib
  • Browneslow 1666 Orm2

Etymology

, Brownslow Green 1831 ib, Browneslow 1666 Orm2 , cf. Browneslane 1619Orm2 ii127 , Browns Lane 1842 OS , ' Brown's lane and hill ' , from the surname Brown and lane , hlāw , with grēne 2 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site