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.

Lumb Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Hand Lane 1842 OS

Etymology

, Hand Lane 1842 OS , cf. Handlane (Meadow )1849TA , renamed from prec. , the southern part of Hand Lane , towards the Woodford boundary , marked Roman Road 6 ″ and 1842 OS , v. Street Fields infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name