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.

Crabstack

Other OS name in the Parish of Crosby Ravensworth

Historical Forms

  • Crabstack(e) 1599–1682 PR 1823 M

Etymology

, Crabstack (e )1599–1682 PR (freq ), 1823 M , possibly crabbe ' crab-tree ' or the surname Crabb and ME  stak ' heap, pile ' ( ON  stakkr ' haystack ' ) .