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Survey of English Place-Names

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Covershaw Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Coversal Bridge 1842 OS

Etymology

, Coversal Bridge 1842 OS , crossing Sinderland Brook into Carrington 17supra , cf. Cubbershaw 1838TA , perhaps ' dovecopse ' , v. culfre , sceaga .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site