Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Crumb(e)wel(le)bothem 13 Font c.1280 Bodl151

• Crumb(e)wallebothem a.1246 YDiii

• Crumbelbothum 1251 Ass

• Crumblebothome 1566 PRHfx

• Crumwelbothem 13 ADiv

• Crumwelbothum(e) 1252 Ass7 1326 WCR 1343 YDxii,300

• Crumwelbot' 1255 YDiv

• Crumwelboþm c.1260 Bodl152

• Cromb(e)wel(le)bothin (sic) 1296 LacyComp

• Cromb(e)wel(le)bothom 1354 YDvi 1397 TestLds 1416 YDii

• Cromblebothome 1580 FF

• Cromwel(l)bothum 1325 YDiii 1345 Ass18 1387 YDi 1474 WillY

• Cromwel(l)bothom(e) 1474 YDi 1507 HCY 1663 Arm

• Cromwel(l)bottom 1822 Langd

• Crounbwelbothum(e), Croumbwelbothum(e) 1334 YDiii 1339 YDv

• Cromylbothem 1345 Ass18

• Cromlebotom 1565 PRHfx

Etymology

'Crooked stream', v. crumb , wella , botm (boðm) 'valley bottom'.Cf. Cromwheel (Ilkley) pt. iv infra , Cromwell Nt 185. OE  crumb frequently appears in p.ns. as Crom -, Crum - with loss of -b -, as in Crimden Nb 57 Cromhall Gl. The early spelling with -walle - is from Merc  wælla .