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.

Crossbank

Other OS name in the Parish of Wem

Historical Forms

  • Crosbank 1728,30 PR(L)

Etymology

, 1732 PR(L) 9 , 1833 OS , 1844TA , Crosbank 1728, 30PR(L) 9 : by a road - junction , a common meaning of cross in Sa .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name