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.

lamcroft

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • lamcroft 1839 TA 1839 TA
  • Lambcroft 1839 TA 1839 TA 1407 Holywell 1839 TA 1839 TA
  • lambecroft 1839 TA
  • Litillamcroft 1839 TA
  • Little lambe Croft 1595 FMap
  • Little Lambcroft 1595 FMap
  • Little Lambecroft c.1638 Holywell

Etymology

lamcroft 1366*,1439*, Lambcroft 1369*, 1384*, 1407*, 1408*, 1442*, lambecroft 1442*, Litillamcroft 1505*, Lytle Lamcroft 1561+, Little lambe Croft 1595, Little Lambcroft 15952,Little Lambecroft c.1638(self-explanatory, v. lamb, croft)