South Croxton
Major Settlement in the Parish of South Croxton
Historical Forms
- Crochestone 1086 DB
- Crocheston' c.1130 LeicSurv
- Crokeston(e) 1201 Abbr 1203 Ass 1297 AD
- Croxton(') 1199,1203 Fine 1205 FF 1265 Misc 1270 MiD Hy3 Crox
- Croxtona a.1250 Laz 1404
- Croxtun 1236 Fees
- Chroxton' 13 MiD
- Crouxton' 1343 ib
- Croxston 1202 FF 1220 MHW 1316 FA 1343 MiD
- Crocston c.1300 AD
- Crowston 1529×32 ECP
- Crouston 1576 LibCl
- Croston 1580 LEpis 1610 Speed 1688 LML
- Croson 1568 Ct c.1570 Rental 1679,1690 Terrier
- Crowson 1607,1629 LML
- Sut- 1199 Fine 1205,1212 FF
- Sud- 1201 Abbr 1203 Ass 1224 RHug 13 MiD
- Suth- 1202 FF 1203 Fine 1264 RGrav Edw1 CroxR 1324 MiD
- Suð- 1204 Nichols
- Suht- 13 MiD
- Sou(t)- Hy3 Crox 13 MiD 1302 Rut 1343 MiD
- South ~ Hy3 Crox 1294 MiD Edw1 CroxR 1343,1346 MiD
- Sowth ~ 1529 MinAccts c.1570 Rental 1604 SR
Etymology
'Krōk's farmstead, village', v. tūn . The ODan pers.n. Krōk (ON Krókr ) is an original by-name 'crook-backed' (cf. OIcel krókr 'a hook') or poss. 'crooked-dealer', v. SPNLY 181. Note the typical 16th century (and later) Leics. loss of t in the group -ston , a loss still evidenced in the modern local pronunciation of Croxton. For further discussion of this recurring p.n., v. L 298–100s. n . The suffix sūð 'south' distinguishes South Croxton from Croxton Kerrial (Lei 2102) in Framland Hundred.