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.

Crosshowe

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

  • Crosshowe 1466 Field 1572 Field
  • Crosshowdale 1572 Field

Etymology

Crosshowe 1466, 1572, Crosshowdale 1572(v. kross, haugr orhōh, dalr or ME  dale'share of land')