Crockernwell
Early-attested site in the Parish of Cheriton Bishop
Historical Forms
- Crochewella 1086 DB
- Crokkernewell 1284 Ass
- Crokkernewill 1330 SR
- Crockernawiłł juxta Druesteyngton 1327 Ass
- Crokernewill 1412 IpmR
- Crokkernwelle 1491 Ipm
Etymology
v. wielle .For the first part of the name, v. Crockern Tor supra 193. In early materials for the study of English roads such as the Gough map in the Bodleian, Crockernwell appears as a half-way house between Exeter and Okehampton and may well have been an important early settlement.