High Cross
Other OS name in the Parish of Claybrooke Magna
Historical Forms
- Hie Crosse 1561 Rental 1625 Terrier
- High Crosse 1638,1674 ib
Etymology
, 1656 Dugd , 1846, 1863, 1877White , Hie Crosse 1561Rental , 1625Terrier , High Crosse 1638, 1674ib , v. hēah 1 , cros ; presum . once the location of a medieval wayside cross raised at the junction of the great Roman roads Watling Street and Fosse Way at the site of the small Romano - British settlement of Venonis , where in 1712 a fine monument ( since lost ) was erected by Samuel Dunckley , v. Nichols 41 126a .