Creephedge Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Woodham Ferrers
Historical Forms
- Crepehedge 1527 Rental 1546 Ct
Etymology
Creephedge Fm is Crepehedge 1527Rental , 1546Ct . v. creep sb. 4 (NED). “A creep for cattle” (1875), “Through this hedge (poachers) leave holes or 'creeps' for the pheasants to run through” (1884). Cf. also creep-hole , “a hole into which any animal may creep to escape danger” (1646). At the Waltham Forest Swainmote in 1593, a man was presented for “hanging a lyne in a creepe-hole to ketch a deer” (Fisher 216).