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.

Round Hill, Round Hill Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Roundhill 1842 OS
  • Good Greave 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Roundhill 1842 OS, Good Greave 1831 Bry ; the older name extended to a tract of moorland including Green Hillsupra , and seems to be ' good wood ' , v. gōd 2 , grǣfe .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site