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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 .