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.

Cracoe

Other OS name in the Parish of Barton

Historical Forms

  • Crakey 1666,1710 PR
  • Cracow 1697 1839 TA
  • Crakah 1744 PR
  • Crakhall 1765 ib

Etymology

, Crakey 1666, 1710 PR, Cracow 1697 ib, 1839TA , Crakah 1744 PR,Crakhall 1765 ib , ' crow hill ' , v. kraka , haugr , cf. Crake Hall (i, 132supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name