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Survey of English Place-Names

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Oldham's Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Alderley

Etymology

( 101–867766 ) , cf. Oldham 99supra , perhaps Oldum 1337Eyre (p) , Oldhum 1356ib (p) , Holdum 1363ib (p) , either ' old water-meadow ' , ( v. ald , hulm ) or a surname from Oldham La 50 ; cf. also Oldham'sHollow 215infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name