Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Old Pale Jas1 Map

• the Old Pale or Chamber of Forest 1671 Sheaf

• Old Pale Lodge 1711 Chol

Etymology

( 109–5469 ) , 1652 Sheaf , Old Pale Jas 1Map (LRMB 200),the Old Pale or Chamber of Forest 1671 Sheaf, Old Pale Lodge 1711Chol , an ancient enclosed tract of the royal forest , ' the old park, orfenced-in place ' , v. ald , pale , loge . The Old Pale is the area immediately about Eddisbury Hill , cf. New Pale 216infra , Merrick's Hillsupra .