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Dissop Head

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Dis(s)op(p)head, Dis(s)op(e) 1611 LRMB200 1620 Surv
  • Dysop Head 1831 Bry

Etymology

( 101–980819 ) , Dis (s )op (p )head , Dis (s )op (e )1611LRMB 200, 1620Surv , Dysop Head 1831 Bry , cf. Dysop Head Field 1848TA 244 ( 201 supra ) , ' the top end of Dissop ' , v. hēafod . Dissop is the name of a saddle at the head of two valleys on the boundary between Lyme Handley , Disley Stanley and Yeardsley cum Whaley , a topography suggesting hop 1 ' a small valley ' . The first el . is discussed under Disley supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name