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.

Snowden Close

Early-attested site in the Parish of Waterhead

Historical Forms

Snawedon' 1394 GDR

Snordenclose (sic) 1589 ExchKR

Snawdon Close 1611 NaworthA

Snowden Close 1618 ib

Etymology

Apparently 'snow hill,' v. dūn .

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Waterhead