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.

Shacklecross

Other OS name in the Parish of Ockbrook

Historical Forms

  • Shackle Cross 1767 Burdett

Etymology

, Shackle Cross 1767 Burdett . It is presumably identical in meaning with Shallcross supra 99 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement