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.

Crookesmoor

Early-attested site in the Parish of Sheffield

Historical Forms

  • Croockes Moresyde 1579 WillY
  • Crookesmore 1587 Dep 1615,1661 SheffD
  • Crookesmoreside, Crookesmoresyde 1594 SheffMan 1603 Hlm 1641 WillY
  • Cornekesmoresyd 1590 WillY
  • Crooksmore 1699 PRSheff

Etymology

Crookesmoor, Croockes Moresyde 1579 WillY, Crookesmore 1587 Dep, 1615, 1661 SheffD, Crookesmoreside , Crookesmoresyde 1594 SheffMan, 1603 Hlmet freq to 1641 WillY, Cornekesmoresyd (v.l. Croukesmoresyd ) 1590 WillY 135, Crooksmore 1699 PRSheff. 'The moor near Crooks (supra )', v. mōr . The form Cornekes - is clearly an error.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name