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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cann Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Budworth

Historical Forms

  • Can Lane 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Can Lane 1831Bry , v. canne ' a can, a cup ' , here alluding to the hollow at TheHowie infra , to which Cann Lane leads . Cf. Cann Lane 98supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site