English Place-name Society

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.

Hey, Hey Clough, Hey Edge, Hey Moss & Hey Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Hey, Hey Edge & Hey Wood 1831 Bry
  • Hay Farm & Hay Moss 1842 OS

Etymology

, Hey , Hey Edge & Hey Wood 1831 Bry, Hay Farm & Hay Moss 1842OS , v. (ge)hæg ' an enclosure ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site