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.

Crake Dikes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Beeford

Historical Forms

  • Crakedyk late13th Nunkeel

Etymology

Crake Dikes (6″) is Crakedyk late 13thNunkeel . 'Crow ditch' or 'Kráki 's ditch,' v. kraka , dic .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement