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 Cliffe

Other OS name in the Parish of Glossop

Historical Forms

  • crucem de Cresclyf 1285 For
  • Crosscliffe 1608 Cal

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , crucem de Cresclyf 1285For , Crosscliffe 1608 Cal , v. cros , clif .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement