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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cowlishaw Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Collishaw, Collishaw Plantation 1839 TA

Etymology

, Collishaw , Collishaw Plantation 1839TA , ' charcoal wood ' , v. colig , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name