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.

Scropton

Major Settlement in the Parish of Foston and Scropton

Historical Forms

  • Scrotun 1086 DB
  • Scropton(e) late11th,c.1141 Tutbury 1232 FF 1275 RH 1281 Ass 1286 SaltCh 1287 AD
  • Cropton 1296 Ipm 1298 Cl
  • Scroperton (sic) 1380 Gaunt
  • Schropton 1538 Bemrose
  • Scrapton 1577 Saxton 1610 Speed 1767 Burdett

Etymology

'Skropi's farm', v. tūn .