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.

Heyden, Heyden Brook, Heyden Head & Heyden Moor, Upper Heyden

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Heyden, Heyden Clough & Heyden Edge 1831 Bry
  • Heyden Bridge, Heyden Brook, Heyden Head & Heyden Moor 1842 OS

Etymology

, Heyden , Heyden Clough & Heyden Edge 1831 Bry, Heyden Bridge , Heyden Brook ,Heyden Head & Heyden Moor 1842 OS , perhaps ' hay valley ' , v. hēg , denu , cf. Holme Moss infra . The brook joins R. Etherow 23supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site