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.

Oldclough

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Owlclough 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 ib , Owlclough 1831 Bry , ' owl dell ' , v. ūle , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name