Hackcross Hill
Other OS name in the Parish of Waltham
Etymology
( lost ) , 1828 Bry , Hackerous hill 1601 , 1606 , hacheres hill ( sic ) , Hackerosse Hill 1715 , cf. Hackerous 1606Terrier , Hackerous street syde 1601Terrier , Hackerous strete syde 1606Terrier , hackerous strete 1625Terrier , Hackerosse street 1715Terrier , hakris (gate )1638Terrier , East Hackross Hill , West Hackross Hill 1852Padley ; Dr Insley suggests that this is ' Hacker's house ' , v. hūs with hyll added , the first el . being ME hakkere ' a hacker , a chopper , a cutter ( of wood ) ; a maker of hacks ' or the derived surn . For the occupational surn . v. Thuresson 34 . The area was north of Buck Beck and Fletcher 's Fm and the old parish boundary .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Albion Ho
- Barnoldby Ho
- Buck Beck
- Cheapside
- the Firs
- Fletcher's Fm
- Great Rowsey Holt
- Greenland Fm
- Grove Fm
- Holton Cross
- Ings Lane
- King's Head
- Lingmares Grange
- Low Fm
- Mount Pleasant
- Norman Corner
- Peaks Lane
- Portus Fm
- Rectory
- Shot Mill
- Skinner's Lane
- Spring Head Holt
- Sterling Cottage
- Tom Holt
- Tailpoke Lane
- Waltham Grange
- Waltham Ho
- Waltham Old Hall
- Waltham Windmill
- Westport
- Yarnacres