Survey of English Place-Names
A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.
Survey of English place-names
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Long Hurst
Long Hurst
Early-attested site in the Parish of Nether Denton
Historical Forms
Langhirst
1285
For
le longe hurst
1589
ExchKR
Langhurst
1626
Boothby
Etymology
v.
hyrst
.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Closegill
Other OS name
Baggara
Beckstone Gate
Birchcraig
Birkhurst
High and Low Broomhill
Chapelburn
Charcoal Wood
Church Hill
Cleugh Head
Eadley Stone
Greentarn Rigg
Highfield
High Town
Lanehead
Low Hill
Low Houses
Nook
Roseburn Wood
High, Middle and Low Row
Turnershill Wood