Whitecross (EN) / Krowswynn (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
St Breock
Hundred: 
Pydarshire
Elements: 

gwynn

Meaning: 
white, fair, blessed

krows

Meaning: 
cross
Elements notes: 
<krows> 'cross' + <gwynn> 'white'
Historic forms: 
White Cross 1748 (Gover, 1948) Whitecross 1884 (hamlet)(Symons, 1884) Whitecross 1884 (farm)(Symons, 1884)