Cressex (Fm)
Early-attested site in the Parish of Chipping Wycombe
Historical Forms
- le Creys 1366 ADii
- The Cressche 1368 Wyc
- La Cresche 1378 Wyc
- Craseis 1489 Pat
- Cressicks 1766 J
- Crissex 1826 B
Etymology
This, at least in its earliest forms, may be ME crecche , cracche <OFr. cresche , 'manger, crib,' but used also of a small cot (NED s.v. cratch ), though, unless the form is borrowed direct from France, one would have expected Crecche rather than Cressche .The source of the suffix in the later forms is not clear. The Dictionnaire Topographique gives names La Crèche (L'Aube, Pas de Calais) and Les Cresches (L'Eure).