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.

Water Croft

Field in the Parish of Crich

Historical Forms

  • 1847 TA
  • Bytheweitre c.1350 Darley

Etymology

Water Croft(cf. By the water 1330 Ass(p), Bytheweitre c. 1350(p),v. wæter)