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.

Crebor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Crevebere 1166 RBE
  • Crievebere 1193 Oliver
  • Crauber 1228 FF
  • Crauweber 1244 Ass
  • Crewebe 1238 Ass
  • Crewebyar' 1275 RH
  • atte Crewebeare 1324 Ass
  • Crewebeare 1330 SR
  • Crewebeara juxta Tauystoke 1339 Ass
  • Crewbere 1414 Deed
  • Creubere 1242 Fees781
  • Creber 1530 Deed

Etymology

'Crow wood,' bearu. For the form crewe , v. Introd. xxxiii.