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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crossleaze Coppice

Other OS name in the Parish of Netherbury

Historical Forms

  • Gt Crossleaze & Lt Crossleaze 1839 TA

Etymology

, Gt Crossleaze & Lt Crossleaze 1839TA , cf. Higher Cross close 1682DCMCt , Cross Close & Cross Plott , Cross Cross (sic)1839TA , probably cross ' crossroads ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement