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.

Cranford

Other OS name in the Parish of St Giles in the Wood

Historical Forms

  • Cranford juxta Dodelescote 1286 Ass
  • Cranefordemore 1317 Ass

Etymology

is Cranford juxta Dodelescote 1286Ass , Cranefordemore 1317Ass . ' Heron ford , ' v. cran .