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.

Lowcross Farm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Guisborough

Historical Forms

  • Loucros 12,1218–34,1230–50 Guis

Etymology

v. cros . Professor Ekwall suggests that the first element is the ON  pers. name Logi found also in Lowthorpe (YWR).