English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Havannah

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • The Havannah 1831 Bry

Etymology

, The Havannah 1831 Bry , cf. 161 , the site of a copper mill established 1761 , the year the British captured Havana in Cuba (J.C.J.) . White 455 reports the name as derived from a former cigar factory here .

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Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site