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.

Crownley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bovey Tracy

Historical Forms

  • Crundal, Crondal 1281 Ass
  • Croundel 1330 SR
  • atte Croundel 1399 Rental
  • Croundell, Crowdell 1596 DCoNQ9,1
  • Crowndell 1722 Recov

Etymology

v. crundel . There is more than one quarry in the immediate neighbourhood.