Crousa (EN) / Krows Wragh (KW)

Parish: 
Hundred: 
Elements: 

gwragh

Meaning: 
wrasse

krows

Meaning: 
cross
Elements notes: 
<krows> ‘cross’ + <gwragh> ‘hag, crone, witch’
Historic forms: 
crous wrah 967 (Gover, 1948)(Kemble, 1845, p12, §534, citing from 967)(Henderson) crouswrach 977 (Gover, 1948) crouswrach 1059 (Gover, 1948) Crowsa Downs 1757 (Gover, 1948) Crowsah 1810 (Henderson) Crousa Common 1908 (OS, 1908) Crousa Downs 1908 (OS, 1908) Crowza Down1935 (Henderson, 1935, p196) Crousa Downs 1948 (Gover, 1948) Crousa Downs1968 (CA 7, 1968, p105) Crousa Common 1974 (OS, 1974) Crousa Downs 1974 (OS, 1974) Crousa Common 1996 (site of a pair of menhirs)(OS, 1:25000, 1996) Crousa Common 2016 (OS, 2016) Crousa Downs 2016 (OS, 2016)