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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pikenaze, Pikenaze Hill & Pikenaze Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Pickenhurst 1819 Orm2
  • Pike Naze Hill 1831 Bry
  • Pikenose Farm & Pikenose Moor 1842 OS
  • Pikenaes 1847 TAMap

Etymology

, Pickenhurst 1819 Orm2, Pike Naze Hill 1831Bry, Pikenose Farm & Pikenose Moor 1842 OS, Pikenaes 1847TAMap , ' pointed hill ' , v. pīc 1 , næs ( cf. Dewhill Naze supra ) , nōs(e) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site