Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Crundole Close, Crundole Droue, Crundole Plott, Crundole Ponde e17 CecilMap

• Crendall 1620 Cecil

• Crendall plat 1621 CH

• Crendall gate 1622 ib

• Crundall 1622 ib

• Crendle Common 1811 OS

• Crandall Gate & Crandall Little Cmn 1846 TA

Etymology

Crendell (Cmn) (SU 085135), Crundole Close , Crundole Droue , Crundole Plott , Crundole Ponde e17CecilMap , Crendall 1620Cecil , Crendall plat 1621CH , Crendall gate 1622ib , Crundall 1622ib , Crendle Common 1811 OS, Crandall Gate & Crandall Little Cmn 1846TA , from crundel 'a pit, a quarry', with drāf , plot , plat 2 . In this instance the pit may have been a clay pit, cf. Pitts of Potters Clay e17CecilMap , although there are also chalk pits nearby; it is noted in 1774 Hutch1 2143 that 'here is found good potter's clay', cf. Old Pottery Kiln infra , Old Claygrounds in Cranborne par. infra .