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Skellorn Green, Skellorn Green Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Skellow Green 1831 Bry
  • Skelhorn Green 1842 OS

Etymology

, Skellow Green 1831 Bry, Skelhorn Green 1842 OS , cf. Skillon Croft 1848TA , v. grēne 2 ' a green ' , cf. Peter Skelhorne of Adlington 1574Dow , John Scalehorne (at Macclesfield) 1467MinAcct . The surname is probably toponymic , ' a horn-shaped piece ofland at a shieling ' , from skáli and horn , cf. Skeylhornrudyng 334infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site