English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Woodcroft Castle

Early-attested site in the Parish of Etton

Historical Forms

  • Wodecroft 1140 Sparke

Etymology

Woodcroft Castle is Wodecroft 1140 Sparkeet passim with variant spelling Wudecroft . 'Croft by the wood.'

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement