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.

Tor, Tor Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Torr House & Torr Wood 1831 ib
  • Hopwood Tor 1842 OS

Etymology

, Torr House & Torr Wood 1831 ib, Hopwood Tor 1842 OS , v. torr ' a rock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site