English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Crowborough

Major Settlement in the Parish of Crowborough

Historical Forms

  • super montem de Cranbergh 1292 SAC26,14
  • Crowbergh 1390 MinAcct
  • Croweborowghe Gate, Crowbarowe 1564 DuLa
  • Crowbarrowe 1587 Ct
  • Crowboro Hill 1610 Speed

Etymology

'Crow hill,' v. crawe , beorg , the n in the earliest form being an error of transcription for u . Cf. Crowbergh 14thLibE .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site