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Salter's Brook, Salter's Brook Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Saltersbrooke 1699 Earw
  • Salter's Brook 1750 Sheaf

Etymology

, Saltersbrooke 1699Earw, Salter 's Brook 1750 Sheaf , cf. WRY 1342 , ' salt-merchant'sbrook ' , v. saltere , brōc ; a stream on the boundary of WRY at the head of Longdendale , on Crump 's saltway ' F ' , cf. 50supra , Crump 132 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site