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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Boar Flat

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Bowyers Flat 1831 Bry
  • Boor Flat 1845 TA

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Bowyers Flat 1831 Bry, Boor Flat 1845TA , from the occupational surname Bowyer and flat .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site