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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

  • Crakehowe a.1546 Kendi,241
  • Crakehall, Cracow 1836 KCR
  • Little Crakehowe 1865 OS

Etymology

, 1836KCR , Crakehowe a. 1546 Kend i, 241,Crakehall , Cracow 1836KCR , Little Crakehowe 1865 OS , probably ' crow hill ' , v. kráka , haugr ; it is difficult to keep apart from Cracalt and Crake Hall ( i , 113 , 132 supra ) ; Little Crakehowe is the older name of Poppy Fm , which is near Crake Hall .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement