Oversleyford - Izeria

There are places called Oversley elsewhere in England. Oversley and Oversleyford (sometimes Oversley Ford) is a name used for some places in an area near Manchester Airport.

Oversleyford Bridge, where the A538 road from Altrincham to Wilmslow crosses the River Bollin Oversley Lodge Farm (as at August 2011 occupied by an asbestos cleanup firm for training) Oversley Farm, and Oversleyford Brickworks, now obliterated by Runway 2 of Manchester Airport The name is first recorded in the 13th century as Vulverichelei and seems to come from Anglo-Saxon Wulfrīces lēah (Wulfrīc's clearing or meadow). The ford was probably a few yards north of the modern main road Oversleyford Bridge, where a minor road bridges the Bollin; that minor road is now a back entry to a hotel's front yard but was part of the A538 road before it was diverted for a runway extension. The name Oversleyford is at the middle of the south edge of this old Ordnance Survey map.

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Morley, Cheshire

Morley and Morley Green are neighbouring hamlets in Wilmslow, Cheshire, England. They are situated approximately 2 miles (3.2 km) north west of Wilmslow town centre. Until 1894 the area formed part of the parish of Pownall Fee. Morley is formed from the lines of houses and farms on Morley Green Road and Altrincham Road. Morley Green is the hamlet at the junction of Morley Green Road and Mobberley Road. A Congregational church was opened in Morley Green in 1869; it closed in 2010.

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1985 Manchester Airport disaster

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Cotterill Clough Nature Reserve

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