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.

Headless Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Delamere Forest

Historical Forms

  • a mere stone called Headless Cross 1812 Sheaf

Etymology

( 109–583679 ) , a mere stone called Headless Cross 1812 Sheaf , a mutilated ancient cross on the boundary with Marton & Little Budworth 183, 186supra , v. hēafod-lēas , cros .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name