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.

Buck Crag

Other OS name in the Parish of Kendal

Historical Forms

  • the buck Cragg 1614 Wndm

Etymology

, the buck Cragg 1614 Wndm , ' rock frequented by bucks ' , v. bucc , cragge , cf. Brock Crag ( i , 162 ) , Buck Crag ( s ) ( ii , 174 , 218 infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement