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Survey of English Place-Names

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Shire Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , v. scīr 1 , clōh ' a valley ' . This , being the boundary between Stalybridge and that part of Hollingworth now included in Mossley La , is now a county boundary , but it was anciently the boundary of the Duchy of Lancaster 's territory of Longdendale , cf. Harridge supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site