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Brockholes Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Brockholt Wood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 ib , Brockholt Wood 1831 Bry , ' badger(-holes) wood ' , v. brocc , holt , hol 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site