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.

Crab Orchd

Other OS name in the Parish of Verwood

Historical Forms

  • Crab Orchd Cl & Crab Orchd Copse 1846 ib

Etymology

, Crab Orchd Cl & Crab Orchd Copse 1846ib , v. crabbe ' crab-apple ' .