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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hempshaw Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Stok(e)port Broke, Stok(e)port Brook 1419 Orm2, Earw
  • rivulus de Stokeport 1438 ib

Etymology

( R . Goyt ) , Stok (e )port Broke ,Stok (e )port Brook 1419 Orm2, Earw, rivulus de Stokeport 1438 ib , v. brōc , cf. foll. and Stockport supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement