Cranham olim Bishop's Ockendon
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cranham
Historical Forms
- Wochedunā 1086 DB
- Wokindon Episcopi 1254–5 Ass 1346 FA
- Woke(n)den, Woke(n)don 1254 Ass
- Wokendon Powel 1338 Ipm
- Wokyndon 1329 Londin
- Wokyndon Bishopp 1343 Ipm
- Craohv 1086 DB
- Crawenho 1201 FF 1291 For
- Wokyndon Episcopi or Crando 1254 EASxviii
- Wokyndon Craunhoo 1323 For
- Crawenham 1397 IpmR
- Cravenham 1471 Pat
- Cran(e)ham 1486–93 ECP
- Bishop's Wokinden Alias Cran(e)ham 1531 ADiii 1536 FF 1594 N
- Crainham 1535 VE
Etymology
Either 'Crawe 's ridge and farm,' or 'crow-ridge and farm,' v. crawe , hoh , ham . Crawe is on record as the name of a woman land-holder in Suffolk (cf. ASWills xiv, xv). For Wocheduna , etc., v. Ockendon infra 125–6. Bishop 's because part of the possessions of the Bishop of London, and Powel from St Paul 's .Crawenho has not been definitely identified before. The above forms and the information to be gathered from the references show that it was an alternative name for this part of the Ockendons. The hoh is the ridge running across the parish. It is noteworthy that, in Little Waltham infra 274, we have the same two compounds, Crawenho and Crawenham , as names of places close together.