Cornhill-on-Tweed
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English
Etymology
From a metathesized form of Old English cran (“crane”) + healh (“nook of land”).[1]
Proper noun
- A village and civil parish in Northumberland, England, on the border with Scotland (OS grid ref NT8639). [2]
References
- ^ "Key to English Place Names". Key to English Place Names- Worth Kent. University of Nottingham.
- ^ Parish map