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.

Cross Wells

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Crosewels 1693 Soy
  • Cros(s)wel(l)s 1709 WMB

Etymology

, Crosewels 1693 Soy, Cros (s )wel (l )s 1709WMB , v. cros , wella .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name