river, crane, dorset, river, crane, river, dorset, united, kingdom, which, flows, past, cranborne, manor, near, verwood, becomes, moors, river, river, crane, cranborne, name, shortening, cranbourne, meaning, stream, frequented, cranes, herons, references, edit. The River Crane is a river in Dorset United Kingdom which flows past Cranborne Manor 1 2 Near Verwood it becomes the Moors River The River Crane in Cranborne its name is a shortening of Cranbourne meaning a stream frequented by cranes or herons 3 References edit Alexandra Richards 13 March 2015 Dorset Slow Travel Bradt Travel Guides pp 77 9 ISBN 978 1 84162 867 7 Roger A Lane 15 June 2015 Cranborne Chase A Secret Landscape Amberley Publishing Limited pp 43 5 ISBN 978 1 4456 4985 6 David Mills 20 October 2011 A Dictionary of British Place Names OUP Oxford pp 135 6 ISBN 978 0 19 960908 6 50 51 42 N 1 51 14 W 50 86157 N 1 85399 W 50 86157 1 85399 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title River Crane Dorset amp oldid 1164237731, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,