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.

Crooks

Other OS name in the Parish of Ravenstonedale

Historical Forms

  • Crook(e)s 1683–1730 PR

Etymology

, Crook (e )s 1683–1730 PR (freq ) , v. krókr ' crook, bend ' , denoting bends in the course of Scandal Beck and Crooks Beck .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement