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.

Willcross

Other OS name in the Parish of Gisburn

Historical Forms

  • Willcross brow 1721 PRGis 1771 M

Etymology

, Willcross brow 1721 PRGis, 1771M , from the pers. n. Will , cros .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site