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Survey of English Place-Names

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Croftgrime

Other OS name in the Parish of Lowther

Historical Forms

  • Lowth, Croftgryme 1367 ib

Etymology

( lost ) , Crofte ( s ) grime , Croftscrime a. Lowth , Croftgryme 1367 ib , an inversion compound , ' Grím'scroft(s) ' , v. croft , and the ON  pers.n. Grímr .