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Pepper Street Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Bramhall Pepper Street 1649 Earw
  • Pepper Street 1819 Orm2iii536
  • an old road called 'Pepper Street' 1882 Orm2

Etymology

( 101–905864 ) , Bramhall Pepper Street 1649 Earw, Pepper Street 1819 Orm2 iii536, an old road called 'Pepper Street '1882 Orm2 , extending northward from Lady Brook at 101 – 903859 to 905867 , conjectured to be a Roman road ( Orm 2 iii 536n . , Earw I 455n . ) cf. Lumb Lane supra , Street Fields infra , Pepper St. (Chester) 333 infra , v. 45supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name