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Cross Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Sydling St Nicholas

Etymology

, 1811 OS , 1839TA , cf. Eight Acres under Cross Hill , Ten Acres under Cross Hill ,Fourteen under Cross Hill 1839ib ; the hill rises to 600 ′ above the site of the former chapel at Up Sydling ( v. Chapel supra ) , and is perhaps to be associated with Maud atte Cruch 1321MiltC , Maud atte Crouch '…cot '1321Winch , ' at the cross ' , v. atte , crouche .