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.

Crossley, Crossley Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Mirfield

Historical Forms

  • Crosseley 13 YDvi
  • Crosley 1678 Miscii 1762 PRMrf

Etymology

, Crosseley 13 YD vi, Crosley 1678 Misc ii, 1762 PRMrf , v. cros , lēah ; the family of Cros (s )ley was known here from the sixteenth century ( PRMrf freq ) .