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.

New Crib, Old Crib

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Old Crib 1839 ValS

Etymology

, Old Crib 1839ValS , OE  crib (b ) ' a crib ' , recorded in the sense ' a hovel, small habitation ' from Shakespeare ( NED s.v . ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement