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.

Crookstown

Other OS name in the Parish of Burtholme

Historical Forms

  • Crak's Town, Crake's Town 1728,1741 PR(Laner)

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Crak 's Town , Crake 's Town 1728, 1741 PR(Laner) . A family of Crake is recorded in the Lanercost Parish Register in 1741 .