Cranemoor Lake
lake or loch · West Berkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Cranemoor Lake is likely named after a moor where cranes were found. 'Cran' refers to the bird, 'moor' to a tract of open, uncultivated land, and 'lake' to a body of water.
Word origins
- Cran
- Old EnglishAttestedcrane (bird)(from cran "crane (bird)")
- Moor
- Old Englishmoorland(from mōr "moorland")
- Lake
- Old Englishlake(from lacu "lake")