Short Cross
Other OS name in the Parish of Frome St Quintin
Historical Forms
- atte Cruce 1332 SR
- Shorte 1327,1332 SR
Etymology
, 1838ib ; Fägersten 232 associates this with a form atte Cruce 1332 SR, but this is in fact an incorrect reading of atte Grute for whichv. Girt Fm in Evershot par. supra . However the cross-roads here maywell have been associated with the family of Robert Shorte 1327, 1332SR ( taxed in this par . ) .