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Spittle Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Prestbury

Historical Forms

  • Le Spittle howse, Le Spittal howse 1624 Earw, Orm2

Etymology

, 1831 Bry , Le Spittle howse , Le Spittal howse 1624 Earw, Orm2 , cf. Spittle Fd 205supra , v. spitel ' a hospital ' , perhaps connected with the abbot of Chester 's manor of Prestbury , cf. Abbot's Hay infra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site