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.

Crook of Dee

Other OS name in the Parish of Eccleston

Historical Forms

  • Crooked Dee 1831 Bry 1842 OS

Etymology

, Crooked Dee 1831 Bry, 1842 OS , cf. 80supra , named from a great elbow of R . Dee here , v. krókr , R. Dee 121 .