The story
- Old English · derived fromcærse“watercress”
- English todayCreswell
From Old English cærse (“watercress”) + welle (“well, spring”).
Words from the same roots
Old Englishcærse all →
CreswickCashmoor
Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Creswell
Today it means: A village in Elmton parish, Bolsover district, Derbyshire, England (OS grid ref SK5274). Full definition →
Old English cærse