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.

Cranmoor Lots

Early-attested site in the Parish of Manea

Historical Forms

  • Cranemoore 1473 Wren
  • Cranmore 1679 FenS

Etymology

Cranmoor Lots is Cranemoore 1473Wren , Cranmore 1679FenS .'Crane or heron marsh,' v. cran , mōr . For Lots cf. The Lots supra 150.