Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Spittle Lane 1842 OS

• 'a certain green-way called Pulton Mulneway' 1270–83 Chest

• via que ducit ab hospitali l13 JRC

• a certain way from the abbot's mill of Bromborough ascending to a certain old ditch' 1313 Chest

• le Rake 1357 ChFor 1398 JRC

• le Mulneway 1406 ib

Etymology

Spital Hill, Spittle Lane 1842 OS, 'a certain green-way called Pulton Mulneway '1270–83 Chest, via que ducit ab hospitali l13JRC , a certain way from the abbot 's mill of Bromborough ascending to a certain old ditch '1313 Chest, le Rake 1357ChFor , 1398JRC , le Mulneway 1406ib , 'the lane at Spital', 'the narrow lane', 'the way to the mill', v. spitel , lane , myln , weg , rake , cf. Spital supra , Bromborough Mills 240supra .