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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.

Castle Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Etymology

, 1805 (1877) Earw . There is no record of a castle , although Earw I 478 records Battle Lane & Battle Field and Bloody Pits in the vicinity towards Harden Hall . The significance of these is not evident , v. caste l ( l ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name