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Craddin Holes

Other OS name in the Parish of Almondbury

Historical Forms

  • Cradenholes 1652 WB59
  • Cradding Holes 1849 TA

Etymology

, Cradenholes 1652WB 59, Cradding Holes 1849TA , probably from ME  craþayn ' coward ' , dial . cradden ' a coward ' , in Scots also ' a dwarf ' and then ' a daring feat, a challenge, a mischievous trick ' ( v. EDD s.v . ) , and hol 1 ; what element of folklore lies behind this is not known , but it may correspond to such names as Dwarfholes Wa 32 ; cf. Crodingley 287infra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement