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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crowgate Street

Other OS name in the Parish of Tunstead

Historical Forms

  • Crowgate 1461 ContrR
  • Crowgate Street 1615 CtTunstead
  • Crogate Street 1618 ib

Etymology

, Crowgate 1461 ContrR, Crowgate Street 1615Ct Tunstead ,Crogate Street 1618ib , v. crāwe ' crow ' , found as a surname in Nf in the 12th cent. , and gata ( cf. Crowebrigge 1257Ass infra ) .