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.

Eshecroft

Field in the Parish of Rothwell

Historical Forms

Eshecroft 1577 Terrier

estcroft 1606 Terrier

Escroft 1625 Terrier

Eshcroft 1721 Terrier

Etymology

Eshecroft 1577,estcroft(sic) 1606, Escroft 1625, Eshcroft 1721(v. esc'an ash-tree', croft)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Rothwell