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Graveyard Fm & Graveyard Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Mobberley

Historical Forms

  • Graveyard Farm, Graveyard Field, Graveyard House, Graveyard Knoll & Graveyard Lane 1847 TA
  • Quakers Burying Ground 1831 Bry
  • Grave Yard 1842 OS

Etymology

, Graveyard Farm , Graveyard Field ,Graveyard House , Graveyard Knoll & Graveyard Lane 1847TA , named from a disused Quakers'burial-ground here, Quakers Burying Ground 1831 Bry, Grave Yard 1842 OS , The Quakers ' Graveyard 1883 ( local ) Sheaf 1 3 , 31 .