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Handforth Brook & Handforth Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Weaverham

Etymology

, ( 110–612733 ) , 1831 Bry , cf. Further Handfords ,Handfords 1839TA . The material is late . The p.n. may be analogous with Handforth 1254 , either ' cock's ford ' or ' ford marked by stones ' , from hana or hān and ford , cf. Handbridge 326infra . The brook becomes Grange Brook supra .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site