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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cranoe Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Martons Both

Historical Forms

  • Couenhou, Keuenetflat (sic) a.1219 YChvii
  • Tranawe 1557 Whit
  • Cranock (hill) 1843 TA
  • Cranoe 1857 O.S.

Etymology

, Couenhou , Keuenetflat (sic)a. 1219 YCh vii, Tranawe 1557 Whit, Cranock (hill )1843TA , Cranoe 1857 O.S. , ' crane hill ' , v. trani , OE  cran , cranuc ' crane ' , haugr , but if the earlier form is correctly identified the first el . may be the name Craven ( cf. 1supra ) ; there is also a f.n. Cravendole 121infra .