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.

Forges Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Highweek (with Newton Abbot)

Historical Forms

  • the Forchys 1422 Deed

Etymology

Forches Cross is fairly common in Devon as the name of cross-roads.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement