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Green Spot Spring

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Grey Springs 1831 Bry
  • Grey Stones 1831 ib

Etymology

, Grey Springs 1831 Bry, 'spring at a green piece ofground', v. grēne1, spot; the earlier name is probably from the nearbyGrey Stones 1831 ib , v. grǣg 1 ' grey ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site