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.

Wheatcroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Thorner

Historical Forms

  • Watecroft 1086 DB
  • Wetecroft 12,c.1200,1238 Kirkst
  • Whetecroft 12 ib
  • Wai(te)croft 1219 ib

Etymology

Wheatcroft (lost), Watecroft 1086 DB, Wetecroft 12, c. 1200, 1238 Kirkst, Whetecroft 12 ib, Wai (te )croft 1219 ib. 'Wheat enclosure', v. hwǣte (partly influenced by ON  hveiti), croft .