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.

Cromer

Major Settlement in the Parish of Cromer

Historical Forms

  • Crowemere 1275 RH t.Ed1 BM 1349 Bodl 1357to1394 Pat
  • Crowmere 1275 RH 1382 AD 1425 Past
  • Crowmer 1291 Bodl 1514 NoVis
  • Croumere 1303to1397 Pat
  • Crowemer 1399,1442 FF 1465,1467,1478 Pat
  • Craumere 1308 Fine
  • Crawmer 1355 HMC

Etymology

'Crow-frequented pond', v. OE  crāwe and mere 1 . Cromer grew in importance after the fall of Shipden (v. infra ). Cromer has also had its share of erosion and storms. Its development as a fashionable holiday resort belongs chiefly to Victorian times, especially the 1890s, according to Pevsner (120).