Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Cruk Aderzey c.1300 Chol

• Crukke- c.1300 Chol 15

• Crucke- c.1320 AddCh 1331 Plea

• Cruc- 1329 Chol

• Kroc- 1307 Plea

• Croke- 1308 ChRR 1565 Plea 1422 ChRR 1503 1619 et freq

• Crooke- 1421 Orm2 1584,1609 Chol

• Crook- 1724 NotCestr

Etymology

Crook Aldersey, The Crook (109–455553), Cruk Aderzey c.1300Chol , and thereafter with spellings as for Aldersey supra , and Crukke -c.1300 (15) Chol , Crucke -c.1320AddCh , 1331 Plea, Cruc -1329Chol , Kroc -1307 Plea, Croke -1308 (1565) ChRR, 1422 Plea, 1503 ChRRet freq to 1619 ib, Crooke -1421 Orm2, 1584, 1609Chol , Crook -1724 NotCestr, 'the part of Aldersey in the crook', from krókr .Crook Aldersey is the south-east corner of the township, the boundary of which forms a broad 'crook' between Coddington and Clutton township to include the land between Coddington and Aldersey Brooks.