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.

Gibraltar Bridge, Gibraltar Ho & Gibraltar Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Apethorne House, Gibraltar Mill 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Apethorne House ,Gibraltar Mill 1831 Bry , cf. Gibraltar Wood in Denton La , and Apethornfold supra , v. 331infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name