English Place-name Society

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.

Lightalders

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • the light ollers 1550 MinAcct

Etymology

, 1831 ib , the light ollers 1550MinAcct , ' the light alders ' , v. lēoht , alor .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name