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.

Whitchurch Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Whitchurch Canonicorum

Historical Forms

  • Whitechurch 1811 OS

Etymology

( Whitechurch 1811 OS ) , giving name to Cross Fm supra ; there is a cross - roads here , but cf. Peter Attecrosse 1268 , Henry de Cruce 1280Ass , and nearby Crooch Fm supra which may suggest that this was once the site of a standing cross .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement