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Survey of English Place-Names

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The Cloud, Cloud Side

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Etymology

, cf. Cloude Wod H8 Sheaf , Penket Cloud 1656 Orm2 , (the ) Cloud hill , the Cloud 1819 ib, 1831EnclA , ' rocky hill ' , v. clūd , hyll , cf. Cloudberry1232 , Cloud Hill 284supra . The Cloud is a prominent hill on the county boundary , rising to 1,125 feet . Penket is probably a British name , ' wood on a hill ' , v. penno- , cēto- , cf. Penketh La 106 , PengeSr 14 . Cloud Side is a hamlet on the slope of the hill , v. sīde .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site