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Survey of English Place-Names

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Gnathole, Gnathole Brook

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Knothole 1831 Bry

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Knothole 1831 Bry , ' gnat hollow ' , v. gnætt , hol 1 , cf. Gnat Hole 189supra . The brook joins Todd Brook 36supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site