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Norbury Low

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Nortb'yclowe 13 Orm2 17
  • Northb'yelowe, Northburyelowe c.1270 Sheaf 17
  • Norburie Lowe 1611 LRMB200
  • ad quendam collem antiquitus vocatum Norbury Low jacentem ultra domum vocatum Bullock-Smythy 1619 Orm2

Etymology

( lost ) , Nortb 'yclowe (lit. Northbyclowe ) 13 (17) Orm2, Northb 'yelowe , Northburyelowe c.1270 (17) Sheaf,Norburie Lowe 1611LRMB 200, ad quendam collem antiquitus vocatum Norbury Low jacentem ultra domum vocatum Bullock -Smythy 1619 Orm2 , ' the hill at Norbury ' , v. hlāw , a boundary of the Forest of Macclesfield ( cf. 10supra ) located near Hazel Grove (101–921869)256supra , probably near Hatherlow (101–917867) 260supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement