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Survey of English Place-Names

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Millbrow

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Historical Forms

  • Milhill 1612 Chol

Etymology

, Milhill 1612Chol , cf. Windmill St . and molendinum de Haltona c.1134 (17) Orm2 , molendinum de Haltona quod est iuxta ecclesiam de Runcoua 1190–1211Cott . Nero c iii , ' mill hill ' , v. myln , hyll , brū .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site