Crook Furze
Early-attested site in the Parish of Abbotsbury
Historical Forms
- lez Furses de Crooke 1632 Ilch
- Crooke furses 1640 Ilch
- Cruk' 1269 Ilch
- (dec' de) Crouke 1353 Ilch 1505 Ilch
- (iij acr' apud) la Crouke 1414 Ilch
- Croke 1495,1519 Ilch
- Crowke 1499 Ilch 1520 Ilch
- Crooke 1631,1648 Ilch
Etymology
Crook Furze (SY 563857), lez Furses de Crooke 1632Ilch , Crooke furses 1640Ilch , named from Cruk '1269Ilch , (dec ' de ) Crouke 1353Ilch et freq to 1505Ilch , (iij acr ' apud ) la Crouke 1414Ilch , Croke 1495, 1519Ilch , Crowke 1499Ilch , 1520Ilch , Crooke 1631, 1648Ilch , cf. campo de Crouke 1383Ilch , pastur ' vocat ' Crouk (e )hull '1383, 1387, 1389, 1404Ilch . This is from PrWelsh *crǖg 'mound, hill, barrow' in a different form to that found in East Creech 189, with fyrs and hyll , cf. Crook(e) PNDe 371, 638. Crook Furze is on a 500′ spur below Wears Hill which rises to 700′ at the Iron Age hillfort of Abbotsbury Castle infra ; Cruk may have been the original name of Wears Hill or of the hillfort itself.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Elwibber
- Wyke Wood
- Seawell Knap
- Chesters Coppice & Chesters Hill
- Cockwell Coppice
- Elworth, East Elworth & West Elworth
- Knolls
- Linton Barn & Linton Hill
- Oddens Wood
- Rodden Fm & Rodden Ho
- St Peter's Abbey (remains)
Other OS name
- Bishop's Kiln
- Clouds Hill Ctgs
- Cuckoo Coppice
- Decoy Pond
- Denzil's Place
- Dovecot
- East Fm
- Elworth Withy Bed
- Ferny Hole Plant.
- Fish Pond
- Foul Moor Lane
- Rodden Barn Dairy, Rodden Lane, Rodden Hive (Point), Rodden Ridge
- St Nicholas's Church
- Saw Pit
- Seaway Lane
- Seventeen Acre Point
- Shipmoor Point
- South Sleight Coppice & South Sleight Knap
- Socketty Hock
- Stavordale Wood
- Tiny Coppice
- Town Lane & Town Fm
- Walls Down
- Warre Wood
- Wears Fm, Wears Hill & Wears Plants
- Bexington Coppice, East Bexington Dairy Ho
- Cleverlawns
- Coward's Lake & Coward's Lane
- Fuller's Way
- Furlong's Homestead
- Gorwell Gate
- Hands Lane
- Higher Barn
- Hodder's Coppice
- Holywell (spring)
- Jubilee Coppice
- Lady's Well
- Lawrence's Ctg
- Merry Hill (Barn)
- Mill Dam & Mill Pond
- Morkhams Lake
- New Barn
- Nunnery Grove
- Oxlip Coppice
- (Long) Parks Withy Bed
- Peasons Plantations
- Quarry
- Reeds End
- St Catherine's Chapel
- West Fm
- West Fleet
- White Hall (Plant.)
- Abbey Fm
- Abbotsbury Castle
- Abbotsbury Castle
- Abbotsbury Mill
- Abbotsbury Plains
- Abbotsbury Swannery
- Ansty's Withy Bed
- Berry Coppice & Berry Knap
- Boat Ho
- Bridge Lane
- Broad Garden
- Bum Point
- Castle Fm & Castle Gdns
- Chapel Coppice, Chapel Hill & Chapel Withy Beds
- Cheese Lane
- Chesil Bank, Chesil Beach
- Clayhanger
- Countess Coppice
- Frog Lane
- Rope Walk
- West End