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Booth Mill, Booth Mill Bridge

Other OS name in the Parish of Knutsford

Historical Forms

  • molendinum de le Bothes 1304,1321 JRL
  • le Bothe Milne 1396 BW
  • le Bothe Mylne 1419 JRL
  • le Bothe Mylne Heyes 1512 Plea
  • Booth Mills 1749 Sheaf

Etymology

, molendinum de le Bothes 1304, 1321 JRL, le Bothe Milne 1396BW , le Bothe Mylne 1419 JRL, le Bothe Mylne Heyes 1512 Plea, Booth Mills 1749 Sheaf , v. myln , (ge)hæg , cf. Over Knutsford supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement