English Explanatory Dictionary

Cranwell

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A village in Cranwell, Brauncewell and Byard's Leap parish, North Kesteven district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF0350).

Word forms

Cranwell

Etymology

From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + wella (“spring”), 'the spring frequented by cranes'.

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