Buckinghamshire, : Historical writing

Descriptive gazetteer entries

These other entries in our collection of descriptive gazetteers are also about Hoar Cross. You may be able to find further references to Hoar Cross in the descriptive gazetteers by doing a full-text search here.

Place Type of entry Source
Hoar Cross ecclesiastical district and hamlet Bartholomew
HOARCROSS a township Imperial

Travel writing

Sorry, but no mentions of this place can be found.

This website includes two large libraries, of historical travel writing and of entries from nineteenth century gazetteers describing places. We have text from these sources available for these places near your location:

Place Mentioned in Travel Writing Mentioned in Historical Gazetteer
Newborough 0 2
Yoxall 2 2
Hadley End 0 2
Hamstall Ridware 1 2
Morrey 0 2
Needwood 1 2
Rangemore 0 1
Abbots Bromley 0 2
Hanbury 0 2
Tatenhill 0 2
Newlands 0 2
Dunstall 0 2
Draycott in the Clay 0 2
Pipe Ridware 3 2
Anslow 0 2
Marchington 0 4
Barton under Needwood 0 2
Mavesyn Ridware 2 2
Coton in the Clay 0 2
Tutbury 4 2

Names from historical writing

The following appear as names for Hoar Cross. Follow the links for what the author actually said:

Name Author Source
HOAR CROSS John Bartholomew Gazetteer of the British Isles (Edinburgh: Bartholomew, 1887).
HOARCROSS John Marius Wilson Imperial Gazetteer of England and Wales (Edinburgh: A Fullarton & Co., 1870-72).

NB: These variant names come from our collections of historical travel writing and descriptive gazetteers:

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  • Some names may derive from research by antiquarian writers such as William Camden and Thomas Pennant into the Roman, Saxon and medieval names of places. Their claims are not always supported by modern place-name researchers.
  • References by travel writers to the place using its "normal" name are not included. Descriptive gazetteer entries are included only if the name does not appear anywhere else.