HOLY-CROSS, a hamlet in the parish of CLENT, southern division of the hundred of SEISDON, county of STAFFORD, locally in the county of Worcester, 3 miles (S.S.E.) from Stourbridge. The population is returned with the parish. Fairs are held on April 11th and Sep. 12th, chiefly for horned cattle and cheese. There is a place of worship for Baptists.