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.

Mow Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Astbury

Historical Forms

  • Mole Hollows 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Mole Hollows 1831 Bry , cf. Mow Close , Mow Common & Mow Field 1839TA , the great (e ) close on Mo (u )le 1631AddCh , 1657BW , v. holh , clos , commun , Mow Cop supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site