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Goyt's Bridge & Goyt's Moss, Goyts Clough, Goyts Clough Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Etymology

, ( cf. Db 373 ) , ad quosdam mosses jacentes inter aquam de Guyte et aquam de Dane mosse 1619Orm2 , Goyte Bridge 1621 Sheaf , Goyt Bridge , Goyts Clough , Goyt 's Moss 1831 Bry , named from R. Goyt 27supra , v. brycg , mos , clōh , cf. Head of the Goyt 1831 ib ( v. hēafod ' source ' , Goytshead Db 373 ) , Dale of Goyt supra . Goyt 's Moss is a bound of the Forest of Macclesfield , cf. 9supra . The mill ( 111–013734 , Polishing Mill 1831 ib , Scouring Mill 1842 OS ) gave name to Deep Clough supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

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