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.

Crelake

Other OS name in the Parish of Tavistock and Tavistock Hamlets

Historical Forms

  • Crewelake 1381 Deed 1488 Rental
  • Crelake t.Eliz ChancP

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Crewelake 1381Deed , 1488Rental , Crelake t. Eliz ChancP . ' Crow streamlet , ' v. lacu and Introd. supra xxxiii .