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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pigley Stair Bridge & Pigley Cottages

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Etymology

, cf. Pygley 1489JRC , Big Pigley & Little Pigley 1838TA , ' young pig's clearing ' , v. pigga , lēah , with stǣger ' a stair ' , from a path leading down to R . Bollin .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site