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Thrang Crag

Early-attested site in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Thronge cragge, -heade 1588 Rent212
  • Thrang Crage 1636 Dep
  • Thrang Crag 1676 PR(Brt)

Etymology

Thrang Crag, Thronge cragge , -heade 1588Rent 212, Thrang Crage 1636Dep , Thrang Crag 1676 PR(Brt), a precipitous craggy slope in the narrow ravine of Bannerdale. ON  þrǫng 'narrow defile', as in Thrang (i, 204supra ), cragge .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name