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.

Dooleylane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Etymology

, 1849ib , cf. Doe Leys 1849 ib , perhaps from dial . dow ' to thrive to prosper ' , or . ' a doe ' , with lēah or lǣge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name