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.

Crow Grange

Early-attested site in the Parish of Skipsea

Historical Forms

  • grangia (manerium) de Croo 1160–80,1235–49,1339–49 Melsa
  • Craw Moor 1763 Poulson
  • Crowgarth 1786 Tuke 1828 Langd

Etymology

Crow Grange (6″) is grangia (manerium ) de Croo 1160–80, 1235–49, 1339–49 Melsa, Craw Moor 1763 Poulson, Crowgarth 1786 Tuke, 1828 Langd. The name probably contains the same element croh 'bend,' which is found in Croom infra 127.