Whitecroft Bridge
Early-attested site in the Parish of Flimby
Historical Forms
- Waytecroft c.1174 HolmC
- Whatecroft c.1187 HolmC
- Waitecroft 1198 1201 ChR
Etymology
'Wheat croft.' The forms in wayte -, waite - suggest that the name contains ON hveiti rather than OE hwǣte, or at least that an OE Hwǣte -croft has been Scandinavianised. An East Lincolnshire example of the same name appears c. 1200 as Wetecroft , Watecroft and Weitecroft .