Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Crook Hill 1811 OS

• Crokehulle, Croukeshulle 1407 Cl

• Crockhill 1684 ERO

• Crooke Hill 1724 DCMDeed

• Lr Crook Hill & Middle Crook Hill 1838 TA

• cruc, up on cruc, of cruc 841 SherC(S290) 12

• on miclan cruc middewearne (sic, for middeweardne) 1014 12 ib

• on cruc middeweardne, of cruc 1035 12 ib

Etymology

Crook Hill (ST 498067), Crook Hill 1811 OS, Crokehulle , Croukeshulle 1407 Cl, Crockhill 1684ERO , Crooke Hill 1724DCMDeed , Lr Crook Hill & Middle Crook Hill 1838TA , at the NW corner of the par. and serving as a bdy point in the Anglo-Saxon bounds of Halstock (cruc , up on cruc , of cruc 841 (12) SherC (S 290) and of Corscombe (on miclan cruc middewearne (sic, for middeweardne )1014 (12) ib (S 933), on cruc middeweardne , of cruc 1035 (12) ib (S 975)), a Brit p.n. from *crǖg 'hill' with explanatory OE  hyll 'hill', and with micel (wk.obl. miclan ) 'great' and middeweard 'middle' in the charter forms. The hill rises to 630′.