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.

Shearing Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Thorncombe

Historical Forms

  • Charing Cross 1811 OS

Etymology

, Charing Cross 1811 OS , a cross - roads named from the well - known London place , apparently then changed through folk etymology , cf. Charing Cross in Alderholt par . 2 197 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement