| 词条 | Oversleyford |
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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.
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). [1] 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. Oversley FarmRemains of a timber long house were found near at Oversley Farm during the building of Manchester Airport's second runway.[2][3] Oversley Farm has been described as "by far the most important prehistoric site within the boundaries of the twenty-first-century city ... [and] ... one of the most important in the North West".[4] It is the site of an Early Neolithic farming community, although it is now underneath runway two of Manchester Airport. The longhouse measured {{convert|10|m|ft}} by {{convert|7|m|ft}} with a central hearth. Material in the pit was radiocarbon dated to 3975 BC to 3675 BC.[4] The site was probably in use into the Late Bronze Age.[5] References1. ^John Dodgson, in The Place-Names of Cheshire 1, p. 230; he says that the ford was at the south end of Wulfrīc's land. Source2. ^{{cite web | url = http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Archaeology/RCP/files/rcp1.pdf | title = Revealing Cheshire's Past | work = Cheshire County Council | accessdate = 2010-05-20 | deadurl = yes | archiveurl = https://web.archive.org/web/20100509042021/http://www.cheshire.gov.uk/Archaeology/RCP/files/rcp1.pdf | archivedate = 2010-05-09 | df = }} 3. ^Nevell (2008), p. 11. 4. ^1 Nevell (2008), p. 14. 5. ^Nevell (2008), p. 15.
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