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.

Cranhams

Other OS name in the Parish of Cirencester

Historical Forms

  • Cranham 1838 TA

Etymology

, Cranham 1838TA , possibly ' heron-haunted water-meadow ' , v. cran , hamm , but it could be transferred from Cranham (157infra ) .