Cross vs Rock

Cross

name
  • An unincorporated community in Mineral County, West Virginia, United States. 

  • A hamlet in Goodleigh parish, North Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref SS6034). 

  • An unincorporated community in Berkeley County, South Carolina, United States. 

  • A town in Buffalo County, Wisconsin, United States. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone who lived near a stone cross on a road. 

  • A hamlet in St Dominick parish, east Cornwall, England (OS grid ref SX4067) 

  • A hamlet in Georgeham parish, North Devon district, Devon, England (OS grid ref SS4539). 

  • A hamlet north of Ellesmere, Shropshire, England (OS grid ref SJ3936). 

  • A village in Compton Bishop parish, Sedgemoor district, Somerset, England (OS grid ref ST4154). 

  • A settlement on the Isle of Lewis, Western Isles council area, Scotland (OS grid ref NB5062). 

  • A village and townland in County Clare, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois. 

  • A village in County Mayo, Ireland, Irish spelling An Chrois. 

Rock

name
  • An unincorporated community in Mercer County, West Virginia. 

  • A hamlet in Curry Mallet parish, South Somerset district and North Curry parish, Somerset West and Taunton district, Somerset (OS grid ref ST3222). 

  • A hamlet in Blackwood community, Caerphilly county borough (OS grid ref ST1898). 

  • A village in Rennington parish, northern Northumberland (OS grid ref NU2020). 

  • A town in Rock County, Wisconsin. 

  • Nickname of Gibraltar. 

  • A number of townships in the United States, listed under Rock Township. 

  • A hamlet in Membury parish, East Devon district, Devon (OS grid ref ST2702). 

  • The Rock, a village south-west of Cookstown, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland. 

  • A town in Wood County, Wisconsin. 

  • A topographic surname from Middle English for someone living near a rock or an oak ( atter + oke ). 

  • An unincorporated community in Maple Ridge Township, Delta County, Michigan. 

  • A coastal village in St Minver Lowlands parish, north Cornwall (OS grid ref SW9375). 

  • Nickname of Uluru. 

  • A village and civil parish in Wyre Forest district, Worcestershire (OS grid ref SO7371). 

  • Nickname of the island of Newfoundland in the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador. 

  • A hamlet north-east of Cwmavon, Neath Port Talbot county borough (OS grid ref SS7993). 

  • An unincorporated community in Cowley County, Kansas. 

  • A male given name transferred from the surname. 

  • Nickname of the prison on Alcatraz Island, USA. 

  • A hamlet in Washington parish, Horsham district, West Sussex (OS grid ref TQ1214). 

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