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.

Faircross Hundred

Hundred in the County of Berkshire

Historical Forms

  • de Bella Cruce 1256 Pat
  • Fayrecrosse 1535 VE
  • Faircross 1569 Anderson
  • Faircrosse 1610 ib
  • Taceham 1086 DB
  • Tacham 1175 P
  • Gosefeld 1169 P 1184 ib
  • Gosefeld' 1177 ib
  • Gossefeld 1183 ib
  • Gossetefeld, Gossefeld' 1188 ib
  • Goseflet 1192 ib
  • Gorsidhefeld 1220 Fees
  • Gosetefeld 1224–5 Ass
  • Gorsetefeld 1224–5,1248 ib
  • Gosatteffeld' 1241 ib
  • Gossetefeld' 1275–6 RH
  • Gorsatesfelde, Gorsetesfeld 1248 Ass
  • Gotsette(s)feud 1261 ib
  • Gottesfeld 1275–6 RH
  • Cotsetesfeud', Gossetesfeld, Gotsetlesfeld', Cossettefeld' 1284 Ass
  • Cottsettlesford 1316 FA
  • Cottesteffeld 1327 SR
  • Cotsetlesfeld' 1332 ib
  • Cotsetterfeilde, Cotcetterfeld 1550 LRMB
  • Cossiter Field 1604 RecOffCat
  • Gossacre Mede, Gossatur Mede, Gossatre Mede 1547 LRMB
  • Cossiter Meadow 1780 EnclA