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Abbot's Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Abbot’s Clough 1842 OS
  • Abbots Slough 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Abbot ’s Clough 1842 OS, Abbots Slough 1831 Bry , cf. 246infra , ' the abbot's dell ' , named from the abbots of Chester , cf. Edgin Cotes supra , v. abbat , clōh .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name