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.

Creaber

Early-attested site in the Parish of Gidleigh

Historical Forms

Creubergh 1238 Ass

Creuburgh 1330 SR

Crewebergh 1244 Ass

Creweber' 1275 RH

Crewburgh 1481 Ct

Etymology

'Crow hill,' v. beorg and Introd. xxxiii.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Ensworthy

Major Settlement

Gidleigh