English Explanatory Dictionary

Hoar Cross

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A small village and civil parish in East Staffordshire district, Staffordshire, England (OS grid ref SK1223).

Word forms

Hoar Cross

Etymology

From Old English hār + cros, first recorded as Horcros in 1230 and thought to refer to grey cross or boundary cross; cross may refer to the crossroads there.

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