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.

Nab Fm, Nab Head & Nab Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • the Nabb (a winter pasture) 1736 Dow
  • (a messuage) the Nabb 1791 ib
  • Nabb Wood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, the Nabb (a winter pasture )1736Dow , (a messuage ) the Nabb 1791ib , Nabb Wood 1831 Bry , ' the hill ' , v. nabbi , hēafod , cf. Nab Wood 134supra .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site