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Survey of English Place-Names

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Etrop Green

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Etrop Green & Hollow 1831 ib
  • Athrop 1535 Sotheby
  • Athroppe 1541 Orm2ii775
  • Aplethropp 1558 ib

Etymology

, Etrop Green & Hollow 1831 ib, Athrop 1535Sotheby , Athroppe 1541 Orm2 ii775, Aplethropp 1558 ib , perhaps from þrop ' outlying farm ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site