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.

Cross Haw

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Crossehoe 1577 Holinshed
  • Croshawe 1597,1608 PR

Etymology

, Crossehoe 1577 Holinshed, Croshawe 1597, 1608 PR , v. cros , haugr ' hill ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement