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Higher Mill & Lower Mill

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheadle

Historical Forms

  • 'one water mill' 1349 Earw
  • molendinum l12 Facs

Etymology

, 1831 Bry ; the lower mill at 101 – 855889 was 'one water mill '1349 Earw; the higher, at 101–855882, is the likely sitefor the molendinum l12 Facs 14 , which must have been between Cheadle and Edgeley .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name