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.

Holme Moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Heyden Edge 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1709 WRY 2269 , 1842 OS , Heyden Edge 1831 Bry ; the earlier name is from Holme WRY 2269 , the later one from Heyden supra , v. mos , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site