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.

Craco

Other OS name in the Parish of Brough

Historical Forms

  • Craka 1704 PR(B)

Etymology

, 1829 Dir , Craka 1704 PR(B) , ' crow hill ' , v. kráka , haugr , cf. Crake Hall (i, 132supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name