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Wigans Lake Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Frodsham

Historical Forms

  • Wiggins Lake 1780 EnclA 1831 Bry
  • Wigans Lake, Wigans Lake Field 1845 TA

Etymology

, Wiggins Lake 1780EnclA , 1831 Bry, Wigans Lake , Wigans Lake Field 1845TA , from cwicen , dial . wicken ' a mountain-ash ' , and lacu ' awatercourse ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name