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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bramhall Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Snybbismore 1541 Earw
  • Snybes More or Stockport More 1614 ib
  • Stopport Moore 1644 ib

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Snybbismore 1541 Earw,Snybes More or Stockport More 1614 ib, Stopport Moore 1644 ib , cf. Moorfield infra , ' the moor toward Stockport ' , v. mōr 1 ; the origin of Snybbis - , Snybes - is not known .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name