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Horse-Pasture Pit

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Poynton Pits 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Poynton Pits 1831 Bry , from Upper Horse Pasture & Bottom Horse Pasture ( local ) , fields where pit - haulage horses were grazed ( H.A.T. ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site