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Survey of English Place-Names

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Stumps Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Stanway

Historical Forms

  • Stones Cross 1816 GR293
  • Coscomb Cross 1777 M

Etymology

, 1775EnclA , Stones Cross 1816GR 293, Coscomb Cross 1777 M , the stump of a stone cross at the top of Stanway Hill above Coscombe .