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.

Windgate Edge

Other OS name in the Parish of Mottram in Longdendale

Historical Forms

  • Whinnet Edge 1831 Bry
  • Windyate Edge 1842 OS

Etymology

, Whinnet Edge 1831 Bry, Windyate Edge 1842 OS , ' wind-gap hill ' , v. wind-geat , ecg .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site