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Survey of English Place-Names

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Little Hawcroft

Field in the Parish of Ashby cum Fenby

Historical Forms

  • 1843 TA
  • great hawcrofte 1577 Terrier 1601 Terrier
  • hawcroft 1577 Terrier 1601 Terrier
  • Hawcroft 1843 TA 1690 Terrier
  • great Hawcroft hedg 1664 Terrier
  • Great Haw croft 1690 Terrier

Etymology

Little Hawcroft(great hawcrofte, hawcroft 1577, 1601, Hawcroft 1664,1690, great Hawcroft hedg 1664, Great Haw croft 1690, v. haga1'a hedge, anenclosure', croft)