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.

Crookes

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Crokis, Crokys 1297 LS 1451 FA 1452 Norf
  • Crokes 1379 PT 1536 BM 1577 Holinshed
  • Crowkes 1519 SheffMan 1661 SheffD
  • Crookes 1588 FF 1591 WillY
  • Crooks 1822 Langd

Etymology

Crookes, Crokis , Crokys 1297 LS, 1451 FA, 1452Norf , Crokes 1379 PT, 1536 BM, 1577 Holinshed, Crowkes 1519 SheffMan, 1661 SheffD, Crookes 1588 FF, 1591 WillY et passim , Crooks 1822 Langd, from ON  krókr 'crook', which, since Crookes is high on the hill, must here denote 'a nook or corner of land'.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name