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.

Crab(tree)moss

Other OS name in the Parish of Gawsworth

Historical Forms

  • Crabtreemoss 1831 ib
  • Crabtree 1842 OS

Etymology

, Crabtreemoss 1831 ib, Crabtree 1842 OS , v. crabbe , trēow , mos , cf. Crabtreemoss 86infra .