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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crowder Ho

Other OS name in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Crowderhous(e), Crowderhowse 1402,1593,1604 SheffMan 1579 WillY

Etymology

, Crowderhous (e ), Crowderhowse 1402, 1593, 1604 SheffMan, 1579 WillY , cf. Crowderfeld , Crowderfields 1451 FA, 1470, 1509 SheffMan , from the ME crowdere ' fiddler ' ( or the surname Crowder , Crowther formed from it ) , hūs , feld .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement