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Survey of English Place-Names

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Poleacre Fm & Poleacre Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Poleacre 1831 ib

Etymology

, Poleacre 1831 ib , ' field at a pool ' , v. pōl 1 , æcer . There is a stream between this and Polebank 304infra , cf. Bowlacre 303infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name