Cranfield
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cranfield
Historical Forms
- Cranfeldinga dic 969 BCS1229
- Crangfeld 1060 KCD809 14th BM 1253 ChronRams 1077 17th
- Cran felle 1086 DB
- Cranefeld c.1125 Rams c.1350 Ass 1227 FF 1228 QW 1287 FA 1302
- Craunfeld c.1125 Rams c.1350 Ass 1227 Ass 1247 Ch 1251 Ass 1276,1287
- Crancfeld 1133–60 Rams c.1350 ChronRams c.1300
- Cramfeld 1202 FF 1287 QW
- Cramfelt 13th ADiii
- Cranfeld 1202 Ass 1220 LS 1227 Ass 1247 Ass
- Cranefeud 1227 Ass 1242 Fees869
- Craumfeld 1287 QW 1311,1388 Cl 1390–2 CS
- Crang(e)feud 1293 ADi
- Crainfeld 1526 LS
Etymology
'Open country frequented by cranes' v. cran , feld , apparently with an alternative form in which cranoc , the other OE name of this bird, was used. This would explain the Crang - and Cranc - forms.