English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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iuxta Crucem in villa

Field in the Parish of Bottesford

Historical Forms

  • iuxta Crucem in villa 1360 Rut

Etymology

iuxta Crucem in villa 1360(' next to the cross in the village', with MLat   crux (crucem acc. sg.) and MLat   villa' a township'; the base of a medieval cross survives)