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Irbymill Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Woodchurch

Historical Forms

  • Irby Millhill 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

, Irby Millhill 1724 NotCestr , cf. oon wyndemylne called Ireby Mylne 1538JRC , Irby Mill 1552 (17) Sheaf , Irby Milne 1660 ib , and Mill Lane 1831 Bry , v. myln , hyll , lane . This hill lay in Thurstaston parish . Cf. foll.