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Survey of English Place-Names

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High Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Stockport

Historical Forms

  • Ho Lane 1690 Sheaf
  • magnum cheminum e13 LRMB200 1611

Etymology

, 1842 OS , Ho Lane 1690 Sheaf,'lane leading to a hill', 'high-lane', v. hōh, hēah; the magnum cheminum e13 (1611) LRMB 200 , which forms the southern boundary of the original Marple & Wybersley , v. Middle Wood supra , cf. Buxton Rd 288infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name