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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whetstonedge

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Wetstones Edge 1842 OS

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Wetstones Edge 1842 OS , cf. Westons Edge 278supra , Whetstone Corner Croft 1839TA , ' hill-edge where whetstones are got ' , v. hwet-stān , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site