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.

The Craxton

Other OS name in the Parish of Burton

Historical Forms

  • Crackstone Wood 1831 Bry
  • Caxton 1839 TA

Etymology

( a wood , 109 – 345745 ) , Crackstone Wood 1831 Bry, Caxton 1839TA , cf. Dunstan 212supra , v. tūn , dūn or stān .