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Survey of English Place-Names

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Maiden's Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • a mere stone called Maiden's Cross 1812 Sheaf
  • Meadens Crosse, Maydens Crosse 1614 ib
  • Maiden Cross 1831 Bry

Etymology

, a mere stone called Maiden 's Cross 1812 Sheaf, Meadens Crosse , Maydens Crosse 1614 ib, Maiden Cross 1831 Bry , an ancient cross demolished by reformers in the seventeenth century , cf. Sheaf3 20 (4899) , v. mægden , cros .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name