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Soaper Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Dronfield

Historical Forms

  • Sopur Lane 1602 Portland
  • Soper Lane farme 1667 ShefAC

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Sopur Lane 1602Portland , Soper Lane farme 1667ShefAC , with a first element OE  sāpere ' soap-maker ' , cf. Sapperton infra 541 .