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.

Crosslands

Other OS name in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • Crosseland 1479 Hexham
  • Croslands 1636 Derwent
  • crux lignea early13th Hexham 1307
  • the Wooden Cross 1754 DKRxiii

Etymology

is Crosseland 1479 Hexham,Croslands 1636Derwent . It probably takes its name from a cross ofwood which appears as crux lignea in early 13th (1307) Hexham, the Wooden Cross 1754 DKR xiii .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement