Croxall
Major Settlement in the Parish of Croxall
Historical Forms
- Crokeshall' 942 Peniarth 13th
- Crocheshalle 1086 DB
- Croxhale c.1200 DbCh 1208,1239 FF 1269 Ass 1295 Misc 1302 FA 1450 Cl
- Croxale 1207 Abbr 1208 Cur 1330 Ass
- Croxhall(e) 1209 FF 1296 Ipm 1300 Ch 1400 DbCh
- Crokeshal(e) 1239 FF 1266 Cl 1269 Ass 1283 Misc
- Crokesale 1330 Ass
- Crocsal(e) 1276 RH 1284–6 FA
- Croksale 1508 PCC
- Croxsale 1291 Tax 1346 Cor
- Croxall 1577 DbAi 1577 Saxton 1601 DbAxvi
Etymology
'Crōc's nook or corner of land', v. halh (dat.sg. hale ). The pers.n. Crōc is from ON Krókr . Ekwall (DEPN) comments that the Scandinavian name here appears remarkably early but there is good evidence for such early settlement in South Derbyshire.