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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crosslacon

Other OS name in the Parish of Arlecdon

Historical Forms

  • Crosslatun 1777 CaineCl

Etymology

is Crosslatun 1777 CaineCl . If the modem name is correct , this may be an inversion compound of cross and the OIr personal name Lochán which occurs in Lackenby (PN NRY 159) , but the solitary form is too late for any certainty .