Scrattage
Early-attested site in the Parish of Heston
Historical Forms
- Cracheheg' 1274 Ass
- Crachehegg' 1294 ib
- Crecheeche, Cregeshegg' 1274 ib
- Crac(c)hehage 1436 Ct
- Crachehach lane 1438 ib
- Cratchedfelde 1547 Pat
- Scratchhedge 1659 PCC
- Scrathedge 1661 ParReg
- Scratedge 1710 S
- Scratage c.1815 EnclA
Etymology
This name repeats itself in the old name for the site of Temple Mills infra 107. It is a compound of the common word hedge (ME hegge ) and ME cracche , crecche . This last word (v. NED s. v. cratch sb.) is used of a 'hurdle' or 'wooden grating,' and cracche-hegge is perhaps descriptive of a hedge or enclosure made of hurdles. The later forms show the same development of inorganic s which is noted in PN Sx 190, s. n. Poles Pitch, and PN Ess 180, s. n. Scaldhurst.