River Crane, Dorset

The River Crane in Cranborne.

The River Crane is a river in Dorset. It flows past Cranborne Manor.[1][2] Near Verwood it becomes the Moors River.

The name is a shortening of Cranbourne, meaning a stream frequented by cranes (or herons).[3]

References

  1. ↑ Alexandra Richards (13 March 2015). Dorset (Slow Travel). Bradt Travel Guides. pp. 77–9. ISBN 978-1-84162-867-7.
  2. ↑ Roger A. Lane (15 June 2015). Cranborne Chase: A Secret Landscape. Amberley Publishing Limited. pp. 43–5. ISBN 978-1-4456-4985-6.
  3. ↑ David Mills (20 October 2011). A Dictionary of British Place-Names. OUP Oxford. pp. 135–6. ISBN 978-0-19-960908-6.
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