Red Cross(lost)
Other OS name in the Parish of Chalbury
Historical Forms
- Red(d) Crosse 1591 DLMB 1595 DLComm
Etymology
( lost ) , 1811 OS , Red (d )Crosse 1591DLMB , 1595DLComm ( in the bounds of Holt forest ) , at the E corner of Chalbury par . ; ' the red way ' referred to in the OE bounds of Didlington supra ( ofer þone readan weg 946 (14) Harl (S 519) , ofer þane redan weg , ⁊ of þam readan wege 956 (14) ib (S 609) ) , and again in the OE bounds of Horton par . infra ( on þone readan weg , of þam wege 1033 (12) SherC (S 969) , on þane rede wei , of þan weie n.d. (12) SherC ) , was near here , v. rēad ( wk . obl . rēadan ) , weg , cros or cross .