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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.

Runcorn Gap

Other OS name in the Parish of Runcorn

Etymology

, 1842 OS , the narrow strait of the Mersey estuary between Runcorn and Widnes La , v. gap .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site