Cressbrook
Other OS name in the Parish of Litton
Historical Forms
- Crese flumen 1611 Senior
Etymology
, cf. Creswalle iuxta Mornsale 1345Cor , a brook commonly called Chresbrooke c. 1604 Longstone , Crese flumen 1611Senior all referring to the now unnamed stream from which the place was named , ' stream where cress grew ' , v. cærse , wælla , brōc .