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Crina Bottom

Other OS name in the Parish of Bentham

Historical Forms

  • Cryne Bottom 1847 TA

Etymology

, Cryne Bottom 1847TA , cf. also Crina Bottom 234supra ( from which it is distinct ) : they may be from a dial . word crine ' shrivelled ' ( Cu , Scots ) from OIr  crín , Gael  críon ' dry, withered ' , or the OIr  pers.n. Crín , Crínan ( cf. Ekwall, ScandsCelts 22 ) , v. botm .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement