English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Crockadon

Early-attested site in the Parish of Halwell

Historical Forms

  • Crocketune 13th Buckfast
  • Crocket(h)on 1242 Fees777 1303 FA
  • Croket(h)on 1284 FA 1330,1333 SR
  • Crokedon 1368 IpmR

Etymology

In the earliest reference above there is mention of William Crocke de Crocketune , so presumably the farm took its name from this man or from one of his near ancestors.