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Artlebrook Bridge & Artlebrook Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Wybunbury

Historical Forms

  • Arteley bridge 1621 Sheaf
  • Artle or Harthill Bridge 1831 Bry

Etymology

, [ ˈart- ] , Arteley bridge 1621 Sheaf, Artle or Harthill Bridge 1831 Bry , named from ArtleBrook 113 . The bridge carries Broad Lane over the brook , and is probably the limit of the grant recorded 1357 ChRR (DKR xxxvi282) of the toll - passage rights for Church Lawton and Nantwich between Arthull and Huggebrugge ( Hug Bridge 155 ) , cf. foll. and 1 48 ( route XXVII ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site