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Survey of English Place-Names

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Nab Fm, Nab Head & Nab Wood

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • the Nabb (a winter pasture) 1736 Dow
  • (a messuage) the Nabb 1791 ib
  • Nabb Wood 1831 Bry

Etymology

, the Nabb (a winter pasture )1736Dow , (a messuage ) the Nabb 1791ib , Nabb Wood 1831 Bry , ' the hill ' , v. nabbi , hēafod , cf. Nab Wood 134supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site