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Jaggers Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Edale

Historical Forms

  • le Jager de parva Longesdon 1306 Ass

Etymology

, 1815Fairbank , cf. Jagers gate 1688Map , v. clōh , gata ; jagger in the Db lead - mining dial . means ' the man in charge of jagging horses ' , that is , of the horses which carried ore from the mine , when cleaned and dressed , to the smelting - mill ( LMGloss ) . The earliest reference noted of the name is Thomas le Jager de parva Longesdon 1306 Ass .