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PostPosted: Tue Apr 26, 2011 2:22 pm    Post subject: Daniel Defoe Reply with quote

Chat Moss may be named after St Chad, a 7th-century bishop of Mercia,[3] but as it was once part of a great tree-edged lake, as evidenced by the numerous wood remains in the lower levels of the peat, it is perhaps more likely that the name stems from the Celtic word ced, meaning wood.[4] Moss is the local name for a peat bog.[5]

Daniel Defoe visited the area in 1724, on his way from Warrington to Manchester:

From hence (Warrington), on the road to Manchester, we pass'd the great bog or waste call'd Chatmos, the first of that kind that we see in England ...


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