Please does anyone know the origin of the name Etrop, in Etrop Green Farm? It is on the old map at this link, a little north of the crossroads marked "Ringway"
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/Aa_oldwythenshawe_00.jpg
I motorcycled past it, and the trees round its pond, at the lane junction, many times in summer evenings before Manchester Airport's big west on-the-ground car park obliterated it.
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