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.

Robinson Croft

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • Robinson Croft 1839 TA 1595 FMap
  • Robinson Crofte 1595 FMap

Etymology

Robinson Croft 1561+, 15952, Robinson Crofte 15951, Robinsons Crofte 1637+ and Robynson thinge 1566+(the croft and þing'property, premises' werenamed from the Robinson family, cf. John Robynson 1414*)