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Survey of English Place-Names

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Whitecross

Other OS name in the Parish of Netherbury

Historical Forms

  • the watering place at White Crosse 1566 Hutch3
  • Whitcrosse 1626 DCMCt

Etymology

, 1811 OS , the watering place at White Crosse 1566 Hutch3, Whitcrosse 1626DCMCt , cf. White Cross Orchd 1839TA , named from a road junction on the route W out of Netherbury , v. hwīt , cross , cf. also Cutlers Cross 1811 OS just N of here ; there are several springs marked 6 ″ in this vicinity .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement