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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cross of Greet

Other OS name in the Parish of Slaidburn

Etymology

, 1771 M , v. cros ; Greet may be an old p.n. from grēot ' small stones, gravel ' , or it could be grēot in its ME sense of ' a larger piece of rock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name