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.

The Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Okeford Fitzpaine

Historical Forms

  • Cross Cl 1840 TA

Etymology

, near Cross Cl 1840TA , perhaps cross in the sense ' cross-roads ' , cf. incl 'm voc ' Cowle Crosse , pictellum voc ' Cold Crosse 1584Hen 2 which may have been named from an actual cross , v. ceald ' cold, exposed ' , cros .