English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Hollow

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Wood Houses 1831 1842 OS

Etymology

, Wood Houses 1831 ib, 1842 OS , ' houses at a wood ' , v. wudu , hūs , holh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name