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Marple Ridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • The Ridge, Little Ridge 1849 TA
  • Marple Ridge, Ridge 1860 White
  • Mount House 1842 OS

Etymology

( 2 x ) , The Ridge , Little Ridge 1849TA ,Marple Ridge , Ridge 1860 White, the northern hamlet being Mount House 1842 OS , ' the ridge ' , v. hrycg , cf. 282supra , Marple supra , and Lower Ridge, Ridge-end infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name