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.

Rere or Rey Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bowes

Historical Forms

Rerecros 1301 Leon22

Etymology

v. cros . The stone cross is still standing. For the explanation of this name, v. Addenda xlvi.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement