Styal Cross
settlement · Cheshire East
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Styal Cross likely means 'the cross on the path'. It combines an Old English word for a path or track with the word for cross.
Word origins
- Styal
- Old EnglishAttestedpath, track(from stīg "path, track, ascent")
- Cross
- Old EnglishAttestedcross(from cros "cross")