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Survey of English Place-Names

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Thorley Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Holly Lane 1831 ib
  • Horley Lane 1860 White

Etymology

, Holly Lane 1831 ib, Horley Lane 1860 White , unintelligible . The modern form may be due to a def . art . and analogy with Thorley Lane 29supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site