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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cranes Moor

Other OS name in the Parish of Wool

Historical Forms

  • Crane Moor 1839 TA
  • Corne 1682 Weld1

Etymology

, Crane Moor 1839TA , v. cran, mōr; it is near R. Frome; corn2, a metathesized form of cran, may occur in the surname of Elizabeth Corne 1682Weld 1 .