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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crawshaw Bent

Other OS name in the Parish of Rochdale

Historical Forms

  • Crowshaw Bent 1737 PRSad 1771 M

Etymology

, Crowshaw Bent 1737 PRSad, 1771 M , ' crow copse ' , v. crāwe , sceaga , beonet ' bent-grass ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement