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Survey of English Place-Names

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Mancroft (Plant.)

Other OS name in the Parish of Wambrook

Historical Forms

  • Mancroftes 1422,1550 Midd
  • lez Mannecroftes 1422 Midd
  • Mancrafts 1844 TA

Etymology

, Mancroftes 1422, 1550Midd , lez Mannecroftes 1422Midd ,Mancrafts 1844TA , probably ' enclosures held communally ' , v. (ge)mǣne , croft .