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Doctor Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Doctor-house 1726 PRSad
  • Doctors Houses 1817 M

Etymology

, Doctor-house 1726 PRSad, Doctors Houses 1817 M , cf . ' Old Doctor Buckley's wife buried here ' 1728 PRSad , 358 ( the wife of James Buckley , apothecary of Oldham La ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement