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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.

Crow Nest

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Crawnest 1610,1623 PRClp 1653 WillS
  • Crownests 1658 ib

Etymology

, Crawnest 1610, 1623 PRClp, 1653 WillS,Crownests 1658 ib , v. crācwe , nest , cf. Crow Nest ii, 186supra .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement