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Survey of English Place-Names

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Rhodeswood Cottage & Rhodeswood Reservoir

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Rhodes Wood 1842 ib

Etymology

, Rhodes Wood 1842 ib , cf. Rodefeld 1360Rental , v. rod 1 ' a clearing ' , feld . Cf. Rhodes Mill (s )1831 Bry, 1847TAMap , lost in Bottoms Reservoir . Rhodeswood Reservoir covers Great Wood , Redshaw Wood & Ridings Wood 1831 Bry , v. rēad , sceaga , ryding .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site