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.

Red Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Orton

Historical Forms

  • Redecrages 1379 HMCx,323

Etymology

, Redecrages 1379 HMC x, 323 , an outcrop of red rock , v. rēad , cragge .

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement