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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wallbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Wallbank Hill 1609 Earw
  • Walbank Hill 1666 1726 Dav
  • Warbank Hill 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Wallbank Hill 1609 Earw, Walbank Hill 1666 ib, 1726Dav , Warbank Hill 1831 Bry , ' well-spring bank ' , v. wælla , banke , hyll ; on the north bank of Lady Brook 30supra , cf. Pepper Streetsupra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name