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Baker's Cross (Ctg)

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Bakers Cross 1842 TAMap
  • Bakeresheyes 1440 IpmR

Etymology

, Bakers Cross 1842TAMap (Wootton F.) perhapsto be associated with Bakeresheyes 1440 IpmR , v. hay , cf. John Bakere de Lym ( i.e. Lyme R . supra ) 1422Ct , John Baker (granted 'three partsof this manor') 1585 Hutch3 , Bartholomew Backer 1664 HTax .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement