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.

Percy Cross

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

  • Percycros 1231 Guis

Etymology

v. cros . The Percy family held land here (v. Guis passim ).

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement