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.

Cruise Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Acton Beauchamp

Historical Forms

  • atte Cros(e) 1316 Ipm
  • Cruise Hill 1892 Kelly

Etymology

This identification is not certain, but if correct suggests a curious corruption of LOE  cros. Probably at some lost intermediate stage we have the influence of OFr  croise , 'cross.' Cf. the Cross in Ombersley and Crossway Green in Hartlebury infra 243, 269.