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Brook Furlong Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Sinaipool Lane 1831 Bry
  • Synypoole Lane 1684 Chol

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Sinaipool Lane 1831 Bry, Synypoole Lane 1684Chol , cf. Sinepool infra , v. lane . The modern name is from Brook Furlong 1844TA , 1600Dep , Brook forlonge 1593Dep , Brook furlongs 1664Chol , Brookefurlonge (s )1665, 1690ib , ' furlong(s) at a brook ' , v. brōc , furlang . The brook would be Sinepool .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name