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.

Crossdale

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ennerdale and Kinniside

Historical Forms

  • Crossedale 1279 Ass
  • Crozedal 1294 Cl
  • Cros(s)dale 1593,1608 CWxxxi
  • Crosdell 1605 Ct
  • Crosdaill 1606 ib
  • Crosedaile 1633 PR(Lamplugh)
  • Crowsdale 1744 ib
  • Croesdale 1776 ib

Etymology

'Valley marked by a cross,' v. dalr .