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Survey of English Place-Names

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High & Low Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Cragg(e) 1606,1630 PR(K) 1634 Ct
  • the Higher Cragg 1714 ib
  • Low Cragg 1745 CWxlv,183

Etymology

, ( ye , the ) Cragg (e )1606, 1630 PR(K), 1634Ct 113, the Higher Cragg 1714 ib, Low Cragg 1745 CW xlv, 183 , v. cragge ' crag, rock ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement