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Survey of English Place-Names

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Middlecale Pit & Middlecale Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Cale Wood, Middle Cale 1831 Bry
  • The Middle Cale Colliery 1860 White

Etymology

, Cale Wood , Middle Cale 1831 Bry, The Middle Cale Colliery 1860 White , from ME  cauel ' a division or share of land, an allotmentof land ' , cf. Db 675 , New Mills Db 150 , Middle Cale 186supra , CaleGreen 297infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site