Crane's Fen
lake or loch · Cambridgeshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Crane's Fen is named after the crane bird, suggesting it was a habitat for them. 'Fen' refers to a low-lying, marshy area.
Word origins
- Crane's
- Old EnglishAttestedbelonging to a crane(from cran "crane (bird)")
- Fen
- Old Englishmarsh, bog(from fen "marsh, bog")