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 Emley

Historical Forms

  • Whitcross(e) 1619 FF

Etymology

, 1709WB 48a , 1721 PREm , Whitcross (e )1619 FF , v. hwīt , cros .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site