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Manor Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Cranborne

Historical Forms

  • manor of Cranborne Howse 1509 BrEll

Etymology

, 1846TA , manor of Cranborne Howse 1509 BrEll , Cranborne house 17 CecilMap , cf. Manor Drove & Manor Md 1846TA ; the earlier building here ( a fortified hunting lodge built by King John ) is referred to as castri de Craneburn '1241 Cl , prisona (regis ) de Cran (e )burn '1261 Cl, 1270Cl , v. Hutch3 3380–1 , RCHMDo 5 5 .