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.

Woodford Rd

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • a Lane neare Poynton Mill in Poynton called Stanley Lane 1714 Dow

Etymology

, a Lane neare Poynton Mill in Poynton called Stanley Lane 1714Dow , cf. Stanley House 1621 Orm2 , probably from the surname Stanley .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site