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.

Crossthwaite

Early-attested site in the Parish of Romaldkirk

Historical Forms

  • Crosthwait(e) 1201 ChR

Etymology

'Field near the cross' v. cros , þveit .