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Whatcroft, Whatcroft Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Davenham

Historical Forms

  • Watecroft(e) 1255 Sheaf E3 Surv
  • Qwatecroft(e), Quatecroft(e) 1289 Plea, Court
  • Whatecroft(e) 1310–30 Chol 1388 AD
  • Whatcroft(e) 1346 VR 1390 Orm2 1426 ChRR
  • Whatcroft Hall 1724 NotCestr
  • W(h)etecroft 1288 Court, Plea
  • Whitcroft 1560 Orm2

Etymology

'The wheat field', v. hwǣte , croft . Orm2 iii 262 identifies this with Little Stanthorne, but v. 212supra .

Places in the same Parish