English Place-name Society

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.

Cross Lee

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Crosseleys 1379 PT
  • Crosleye 1546 WillY
  • Crosselie 1564 FGr
  • Cros(s)lee 1603 PRHept 1633 FGr

Etymology

Cross Lee, 1768 PRHept, Crosseleys 1379 PT (p), Crosleye 1546 WillY, Crosselie 1564FGr 1, Cros (s )lee 1603 PRHept, 1633FGr 1, v. cros , lēah , in the sense 'clearing near a cross' or 'clearings lying athwart'.

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Places in the same Parish

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