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Stoneley Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Coppenhall

Historical Forms

  • Drury Lane and Stoneley's Green 1831 ib

Etymology

, Drury Lane and Stoneley 's Green 1831 ib . The modern name is that of a hamlet , from a surname Stoneley ( cf. Stoneley Green 135infra ) , v. grēne 2 . If not an allusion to Drury Lane (Westminster)Mx 178 , the old name of the road would mean ' love lane ' , v. druerie ' courtship, love ' .