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.

Cruckton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Pontesbury

Historical Forms

  • Crotton' 1271-2 Ass
  • Crukton' 1271-2 ForProc 1291-2 Ass
  • Cruckon 1597 PR(H)
  • Cructon 1601 et freq
  • Crokton 1271-2 Ass 1308 Ipm 1339 Pat
  • Croctun 1273 Ipm
  • Crocton' 1306-7 Ass
  • Crocton 1308 Ipm 1551 PR(H)
  • Croctone 1327 SAS2/X
  • Crockton 1580 PR(H)
  • Crutton 1274 RH
  • Creuketon' 1305-6 Ass
  • Criketon 1431 FA
  • Croketon 1490 Ipm
  • Croketon' 1631 SBL11047
  • Cruckon 1720 PR(L)

Etymology

See the discussion of Cruckmeole. Cruckton could be 'settlement with cruck-framed buildings' or 'settlement near a riverbank'.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Field