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Castle Ditch

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Etymology

, cf. the Castle Croft upon the top of the hill 1652 Sheaf , named from the ramparts of the Iron - age hill - fort and Anglo - Saxon burh of Eddisbury, supra , cf. Varley 64–9 , v. castel(l) , dīc , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name