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Survey of English Place-Names

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Vicar's Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Christleton

Historical Forms

  • the Viccars Crosse 1614 Sheaf
  • Vicars Crosse 1620 ib

Etymology

, 1831 ib , the Viccars Crosse 1614 Sheaf, Vicars Crosse 1620 ib , a cross in a field at 109 – 440669 , giving name to Cross Fdinfra and to a hamlet here and in Gt . Boughton , cf. 125, 128infra . '