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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cross Platts

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Overcrosflatte 1474 YDi
  • Crossfflats, Cross Flate 1646,1648 WillY

Etymology

, 1705 HAS 8, 189 , Overcrosflatte 1474 YD i, Crossfflats , Cross Flate 1646, 1648 WillY , v. cros ' lyingathwart ' , flat , plat 2 ' plot of ground ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name