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tenement ' vocat ' Crouchehouse

Field in the Parish of Shaftesbury

Historical Forms

  • tenement ' vocat ' Crouchehouse 1323 Shaft
  • Walterus atte Crouche … ten ' meum atte Crouchouse 1323 Shaft
  • ( la ) Cro ( u ) ch ( e ) ( h ) ous ( se ) 1385 Shaft 1840 TA c.1500 Eg

Etymology

tenement' vocat' Crouchehouse,Walterus atte Crouche …ten' meum atte Crouchouse 1323(c.1407),(la)Cro(u)ch(e)(h)ous(se) 1385(c.1407), 1401 et freq to c.1500(v. crūc3'cross',hūs, atte'at the')

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement