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Survey of English Place-Names

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Longside Plantation

Other OS name in the Parish of Taxal

Historical Forms

  • Blackmoor Plantation 1831 Bry

Etymology

, Blackmoor Plantation 1831 Bry , cf. Long Side 1842 OS ( a ridge extending north into Disley , v. Longside 273infra ) , the Longesydewaie , the Longesydewaye 1611LRMB 200, 1620Surv , ' the long hillside ' , v. lang , side , with weg , cf. Black Hill supra .