The following message was sent to us by Joyce Oliver. I don't know the answer but I wonder if anyone out there has any ideas about it?
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Over to Joyce ....
Hi, I am looking at an old map of Hyde, showing brick field on Garden Street in Newton. It also shows, right next to it, something called Dolls 'ith hole.
Can you please tell me what this was and why such a strange name ?.
Ordnance survey map circa 1875
Modern map
7 comments:
The name was given to "Dolls Ith' Hole Wood", a small area near Hallbttom (previously "Holebottom".
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/TwinMaps.aspx?singleplot=EDT_292-2*308*EDT_292-1&singlesrch=st.6!lwd.Astley
Hope this helps,
David Hamilton.
The tithe map of 1836 -1851 shows it as woodland and, interestingly, the area I knew as Hallbottom is shown as Holebottom. Perhaps the name derivation is lost in time.
There was also another plot of land nearby with the same name.
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/TwinMaps.aspx?singleplot=EDT_292-2*278*EDT_292-1&singlesrch=st.6!lwd.Cheetam
David Hamilton.
Plot 308 was the wood,
plots 276 and 278 were arable land.
Still doesn't explain the unusual name though ! .......
David Hamilton.
Barry in Oz. Maybe the person could not spell. Lots of this when you do genealogy. Maybe there actually was a 'Hall' of some kind in ancient times near this spot. By the way, where is the location of 'Shaw Hall'?
I see what you mean about the spelling Barry,here is "Shaw Hole"
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/LargeMap.aspx?srch=&singleplot=EDT_292-2*308*EDT_292-1&hlt=&hlp=&e=395508.48&n=395876.145&scale=0.635&tabL=L1&tabR=R8
David Hamilton.
Just in case that didn't work, try this -
http://maps.cheshire.gov.uk/tithemaps/TwinMaps.aspx?singleplot=EDT_292-2*536*EDT_292-1&singlesrch=st.3!n.shaw+hole!x.0!map.
David Hamilton.
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