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.

Mansfield Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Ashburnham

Historical Forms

  • Forwod crouche 1361 ADvi

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) may be the cruce rubea or the Forwod crouche of 1361 (AD vi) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement