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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crag

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Trageheastrod (sic for Crag-) 1235 YChviii 16
  • the Cragge 1598 YAS
  • Crag(g) 1747 Watson 1797 Surv

Etymology

Crag, Trageheastrod (sic for Crag -)1235 (16) YCh viii, the Cragge 1598YAS 99, Crag (g )1747 Watson 647, 1797Surv . ME  cragge 'a crag, a rock', from the Irish word creag introduced by the Vikings (cf. Introd.). The affix in the earliest spelling is 'east clearing', v. ēast , rod 1 .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement