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.

Crowgreen

Other OS name in the Parish of Halberton

Historical Forms

  • Washbrooke al. Crowgreene 1686 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Washbrooke al. Crowgreene 1686Recov . The old alternative name must mean ' sheep wash brook , ' v. (ge)wæsc .