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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crown Hills

Other OS name in the Parish of Evington

Historical Forms

  • (the) Crown Hill 1627 Map 1690,1708(18) Terrier 1835 O
  • Crowdon 1477 Charyte e.16

Etymology

, 1809Valuation , (the ) Crown Hill 1627Map , 1690, 1708 (18)Terrier , 1835 O; poss. a reduced formof Crowdon 1477 (e.16) Charyte , ' crow hill ' , v. crāwe , dūn , with the late addition of hill ; but if not , v. crowne .