Etymology

Cransford

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Today it means: A village and civil parish in the East Suffolk district, Suffolk, England. Full definition →

Old English cran
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  1. Old English · inherited fromcran“crane”
  2. English todayCransford

From Old English cran (“crane”) in the genitive plural, crana + ford, 'the cranes' ford'.

Words from the same roots

Old Englishcran all →

craneCranstonCranfieldCranfordCranleighCranmoreCranwellCornforthCranswickCornhill-on-Tweed

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.