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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crake Hall

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • Crakey 1606 PR(K)
  • Crakhow in Hutton 1608 ib
  • Crakehow 1614 ib
  • Craka in New Hutton 1712 Will
  • Crackhall 1715 Kendiii,120

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Crakey 1606 PR(K), Crakhow in Hutton 1608 ib,Crakehow 1614 ib, Craka in New Hutton 1712 Will, Crackhall 1715Kend iii, 120 , ' crow hill ' , v. kráka , haugr ; -hall is an inverted spelling of -haw , of which several examples occur ( Phonol. §3 ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name