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.

Cranscombe

Other OS name in the Parish of Brendon

Historical Forms

Cranescomb 1425 MinAcct

Etymology

is Cranescomb 1425MinAcct . ' Crane's or heron's valley . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Brendon