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Survey of English Place-Names

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Lowbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Bank Farm 1839 TAMap
  • The Bank 1842 OS

Etymology

, Bank Farm 1839TAMap , The Bank 1842 OS , v. hlāw , banke ' a bank, a hill ' , cf. Werneth Lowinfra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name