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Survey of English Place-Names

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Goody Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Kippax

Historical Forms

  • Goodeecrosse 1656 PRKp
  • Goody X 1657 ib
  • Guddy Cross 1787 ib
  • Cuddy Cross 1817 M

Etymology

, Goodeecrosse 1656 PRKp, Goody X 1657 ib, Guddy Cross 1787 ib, Cuddy Cross 1817 M , perhaps a fem . pers. n. Godive ( OE  Godgifu ) , cf. Goody Bower ii, 167supra , v. cros .