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.

Crook

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Crowyke Bank 1551 Kendi,228

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Crowyke Bank 1551 Kend i, 228 , since this farm is near Whinfell Tarn the name may be a compound of crāwe ' crow ' or ON  krá ' nook, corner ' and ON  vík ' inlet, bay ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name