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.

Leacroft

Early-attested site in the Parish of Cannock

Historical Forms

  • Lecroft Ed1 StoweCh 1327 Misc 1346 Banco 1356 CoramR 1432 Banco
  • Lee Croft 1327 SR 1396 Banco
  • Leycroft(e) 1493 Ipm 1546to1597 1570 Survey 1584 Comm 1586,1597 QSR
  • Leacroft(e) 1577 Saxton 1613 FF 1834 O

Etymology

'The croft lying untilled', v. lǣge , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name