Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Handy Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Wycombe

Historical Forms

le Onhandedecruch 1287 Misc

Etymology

'One handed (i.e. ? armed) cross' v. Bledlow Cross supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site