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Toft, Toft Hall

Major Settlement in the Parish of Knutsford

Historical Forms

  • Tofte 12 Tab 1210 Mass
  • Toft c.1233 Sheaf 1245 Chest
  • le Toft 1403 Pat
  • Tofft(e) 13 Dav c.1270 Chol
  • Thoft c.1283 Chest
  • Tofth c.1300 Tab
  • Thofete c.1200 Sheaf
  • Toffet(e) e14,1327 Tab
  • Toftes 1305 Lacy
  • Toft(e)s 1325,1327 ChRR

Etymology

'The curtilage', v. toft .