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.

Craythorne

Other OS name in the Parish of Black Torrington

Historical Forms

  • Crowethorne 1311 Exon

Etymology

is Crowethorne 1311Exon (p) . ' Crow thorntree , ' v. Introd. xxxiii .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement