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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.

Creely Barton

Early-attested site in the Parish of Farringdon

Historical Forms

  • Crauelec 1086 DB
  • Crauleg 1228 Ch
  • Creulegh 1242 Fees763
  • Croulegh(e) 1291 Tax 1325 Ipm 1326 Cl
  • Crowlegh c.1630 Pole
  • Clyst Crewelegh 1303 FA

Etymology

'Crow leah,' v. Introd. xxxiii. The place is actually on the Grindle Brook, a tributary of the Clyst.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement