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.
Survey of English place-names
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Black Crag
Black Crag
Early-attested site in the Parish of Birker and Austhwaite
Historical Forms
Blakrag
1242
Furness
Etymology
Blakrag
1242 Furness.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Hard Knott and Hard Knott Pass
Brotherilkeld
Austhwaite
Seat How
Other OS name
Brant Rake
Fox Bield
High Ground
Low Ground, Milkingstead Mire
Sword Ho
Tewit Moss
Whincop
Low Birker
Birker Dub
Birkerthwaite
Wonder Hill
Major Settlement
Birker