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Survey of English Place-Names

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Cragg

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Cragg(e) 1449 HAS 1582 WillY 1631 PRHept 1634 FGr 1642 WillY
  • the white stone in the Cragg 1450 Watson

Etymology

Cragg, (the ) Cragg (e )1449 HAS 16, 152, 1582 WillY, 1631 PRHept, 1634 FGr 2, 1642 WillY, the white stone in the Cragg 1450 Watson 79.v. cragge 'a crag, a rock' (from Ir  creag ), cf. Cragg Hall, Crag Vale infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement