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.

High, Middle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Alston

Historical Forms

  • (del) Crag 1279 Ass
  • Upper, Middle, Nether Cragg 1631 Derwent
  • the Cragge 1632 ib
  • Low Cragg 1705 ib
  • Highcragg 1725 PR(Garrigill)
  • Cragg Sheal 1709 PR(Garrigill)
  • Cragg Shield 1715 PR

Etymology

v. schele .Cf. also Crag nook 1760 PR, Craig Nook 1797 ib.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement