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Moss Cottage(s), Moss Fm & Moss Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashton on Mersey & Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Moss Cottage & Moss House 1831 Bry
  • Moss Lane 1842 OS

Etymology

, Moss Cottage & Moss House 1831 Bry, Moss Lane 1842 OS , cf. Carrington Moss 18infra , which extended into this township .