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Survey of English Place-Names

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Outwood Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Cheadle

Historical Forms

  • Bollens(c)hawehefed 1291 Earw

Etymology

( 101–852847 ) , 1844TAMap , probably near the site of Bollens(c)hawehefed 1291 Earw , ' the head of Bolshaw ' , v. hēafod , cf. BolshawOutwood 244supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name