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Lower Bower Fold

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Poor End 1831 ib
  • Lower Boar Fold, Boar Fold 1840 TA

Etymology

, Poor End 1831 ib, Lower Boar Fold , Boar Fold 1840TA , v. bār 2 , fald .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site