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.

Crook of Viver

Field in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Crook of Viver 1769 LowtherW

Etymology

Crook of Viver(cf. Viuerside 1578 Cocker. This is ME  vivēre,'fishpond,' fromOFr  vivier, Latin vīvārium. Viver in Stainton(We) appears as “the fisheryof the vivary of Henecastre ” in 1237)