Crake Hill
hill or mountain · North Yorkshire
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Crake Hill is likely an Old English name. 'Crake' may refer to a raven or a rocky place, and 'hill' is a topographic term.
Word origins
- Crake
- Old EnglishAttestedPossibly 'raven' or 'rocky place'.(from crāwe "raven", crac "rock")
- Hill
- Old EnglishAttestedhill(from hyll "hill")