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Survey of English Place-Names

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Pickaxe Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanton St Gabriel

Historical Forms

  • Pickhatch Cl 1840 TA
  • Pickhatch Ctg 1840 TAMap

Etymology

( local ) , a cross - roads named from Pickhatch Cl 1840TA , Pickhatch Ctg 1840TAMap , from hæcc ' gate ' , first el . perhaps pīc ' pointed hill ' or pīcede ' pointed ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement