Cranswick

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proper noun

A suburban village in Hutton Cranswick parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0252).

OriginOld English cran →
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Meanings

proper nounCranswick (countable and uncountable, plural Cranswicks)

plural Cranswicks

  1. countableuncountableA suburban village in Hutton Cranswick parish, East Riding of Yorkshire, England (OS grid ref TA0252).
  2. countableuncountableA habitational surname from Old English.

Origin

  1. Old Englishcran“crane”
  2. EnglishCranswick

Perhaps from Old English cran (“crane”) + -s- + wīċ (“village”).

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APA

Cranswick. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranswick

MLA

“Cranswick.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranswick. Accessed November 3, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Cranswick,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Cranswick.

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