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.

White Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Leven

Historical Forms

  • crucem ligneam 1197–1210 Melsa
  • White Cross 1786 Tuke

Etymology

is crucem ligneam 1197–1210 Melsa,White Cross 1786 Tuke . It was a wooden cross to mark the burial ground of Meaux Abbey .

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