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.

Crowfoot

Other OS name in the Parish of Church Broughton

Historical Forms

  • Meane Crow foote 1626 Senior
  • Crowfoot 1692 Terrier

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) , Meane Crow foote 1626Senior , Crowfoot 1692Terrier . Meane is from (ge)mǣne ' common ' .