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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crook of Lune

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Crooke of Loyne 1614 PR
  • Crooka Loyne 1647 ib

Etymology

, 1771 M , Crooke of Loyne 1614 PR, Crooka Loyne 1647 ib , ' a bend in the course of theR. Lune ' , v. krókr .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement