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Binns, Binns Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Binns Scar 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Binns Scar 1831 Bry , probably from dial . bing ' a heap ' ( cf. bing ) and sker ' a scar ' ; but Professor Lövenberg suggests the first el . may be OE  binn in the sense ' a hollow ' adduced by Reaneys.n. Binne (s ) , Binns .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site