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Survey of English Place-Names

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Linney's Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Wilmslow

Historical Forms

  • Linny Bridge 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Linny Bridge 1831 Bry , cf. Lyney 1520 ChRR , probably ' flax water-meadow ' , v. līn , ēg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site