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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nabtop, Nabtop Ho & Nabtop Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Nab Top 1831 Bry
  • Nab Cop 1860 White

Etymology

, Nab Top 1831 Bry, Nab Cop 1860 White , cf. Nab Croft 1849TA , v. nabbi ' a knoll, a hill ' , topp ' summit ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name