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.

Craven Close Cover

Other OS name in the Parish of Bonby

Etymology

( lost ) , 1824 O , 1830Gre , cf. Craven carr , Craven Hard ings 1810Yarb , v. kjarr , heard ' hardto till ' , eng ; named from the family of John Craven 1739Yarb .