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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crossway Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartlebury

Historical Forms

  • de Cruce, atte Croys 1275,1327 SR

Etymology

Self-explanatory. This cross may well have been the 'cross of Waresle' (VCH iii. 381). For the form croys v. Cruise Hill supra 26.