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.

Cross Bank

Other OS name in the Parish of Whicham

Historical Forms

  • Crossabanck 1585 PR
  • Croswaybank 1704 ib

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Crossabanck 1585 PRet freq , Croswaybank 1704 ib .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement