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Survey of English Place-Names

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Hawthorn Clough

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Nether Head Clough 1842 ib

Etymology

, Nether Head Clough 1842 ib , cf. Upper Head Clough ib , ' the valley at the top end ' , v. hēafod , clōh ; it lies at the head of Longdendale and leads the headwaters of R . Etherow , cf. Redhole Spring infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site