English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Walton Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Dewsbury

Etymology

, 1753 PRHtsd ; v. cros , here referring to an early Anglo - Saxon cross , the base of which is in situ ; Walton may be an old p.n. ( v. walh , tūn ) or a surname .