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Survey of English Place-Names

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White Nancy

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • an ornamental summer house called White Nancy 1860 ib
  • Summer House 1831 Bry
  • Northern Nancy 1842 OS

Etymology

, an ornamental summer house called White Nancy 1860 ib, Summer House 1831 Bry, Northern Nancy 1842 OS , a whitewashed tower at the northern end of Kerridge Hill , its conical shape resembling a woman in a bell - shaped cloak .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site