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.

The Cross

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • ye Cross 1746 PRThl

Etymology

, y e Cross 1746 PRThl , v. cros ; the site at the centre of the village is still marked on the 6 ″ O.S . ; there are well known runic crosses at Thornhill , cf. YAJ , xxiii , 243 – 8 .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement