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Lumb Bush, Lumb Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Ecclesfield

Historical Forms

  • Lomeclyffe 1549 SheffMan
  • Lumfeildes ib
  • Lumfields 1628 Norf
  • Lumb Wood 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Lomeclyffe 1549SheffMan, Lumfeildes ib, Lumfields 1628Norf , Lumb Wood 1841 O.S. , v. lum ' a pool , a deep pool in the bed of a river ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name