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.

Crewgarth

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ousby

Historical Forms

  • Crugarth 1380 GDR
  • Crewgarth 1589 ExchKR
  • Cruegarth 1703 NicVisit

Etymology

'Crew-yard,' v. garðr . This carries back crew , 'pen, cote,' as an English word some 300 years behind NED.

Places in the same Parish