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Monk's Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Acton

Historical Forms

  • venella quæ ducit versus molendina de Wich Malbank 1359 Rich

Etymology

, venella quæ ducit versus molendina de Wich Malbank 1359 Rich , v. lane , probably named after the monks of Combermere Abbey , cf. Little Acton supra , and Monkyslone (Nantwich)35supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site