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.

Cross Hills

Early-attested site in the Parish of Dent

Historical Forms

  • Crosseholes 1592 Comm
  • Crossel(l)s 1730 PR 1771 M
  • Crossellscalle 1659 WillS
  • Crossascale 1645 PR
  • Crossecale 1650 ib

Etymology

Cross Hills, 1847TA , 'the crosse vpon Crosseholes ' 1592Comm , Crossel (l )s 1730 PR, 1771 M, Crossellscalle 1659 WillS, Crossascale 1645 PR, Crossecale 1650 ib. 'Holes near a cross', v. cros , hol 1 , and skáli 'a shieling'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement