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.

Crealake

Other OS name in the Parish of Yarnscombe

Historical Forms

  • Creulak(e) 1330 SR 1499 Ipm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Creulak (e )1330SR (p), 1499 Ipm . ' Crow streamlet , ' v. lacu , and Introd. xxxiii .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement