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.

Ballcross

Other OS name in the Parish of Bakewell

Historical Forms

  • Bawcross 1668 Perambulation
  • Ball-cross 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Bawcross 1668Perambulation , Ball-cross 1767 Burdett , cf. the Ball Flatt 1562Perambulation , perhaps ' hill cross ' , v. ball , cros .