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Rakes Moss & Rakes Rocks

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Rakes Moss 1842 OS

Etymology

, Rakes Moss 1842 OS , cf. Small Croden Rakes 1831Bry and Valehouse Wood infra , ' moss and rocks at a narrow path ' , v. rake .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site