English Place-name Society

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.

Noe Stool

Other OS name in the Parish of Edale

Historical Forms

  • Nowstoolehill 1577 Saxton
  • Nowstool Hill 1610 Speed

Etymology

, Nowstoolehill 1577 Saxton, Nowstool Hill 1610 Speed , taking its name from the R . Noe near the head of which it stands and perhaps from its shape .