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.

Burnhousefold

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Burnt House Fold 1840 TA

Etymology

, Burnt House Fold 1840TA , ' (farmstead at) the burnt house ' , v. brende 2 , hūs , fald .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site