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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.

Crack Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Langton Matravers

Etymology

, cf. Nutcrack Lane in Arne par . infra , where -crack is from croft ; however , local tradition has it that Crack is from creek ( v. crike ) , perhaps with reference to some feature near the confluence of two streams down to which the lane leads ( R.J.S. ) .