Crooksbury Hill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Farnham
Historical Forms
- Crokesburwe 1257 Rental
- Croukesborowe 1575 Saxton
Etymology
Crooksbury Hill is Crokesburwe 1257Rental , Croukesborowe 1575 Saxton, Crooxeboroughe hill 1577, Crookesbury reede 1693MinAcct . The first element is probably Brit cruc , 'hill, barrow,' for this is a very prominent hill crowned by a tumulus or barrow.The second is beorg. Such pseudo-genitival compounds are specially common in hybrid-formations of this kind, cf. s. n. Reigate Hundred infra 281–2. We may note that for Cruchfield (Berks) we have an early form Crukesfeud (1286 Cl). A similar form for the first element in this name might well give rise to Crooksbury . Cf. also Crooks Hill, the name of a field in Bournemouth, by a barrow (see Grundy in Arch. Journ. lxxviii, 120).For reede , v. infra 364–5.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Dippenhall
- Tilfordhill and Tilfordhill Mill
- Weydon Mill
- Heygate
- High Mill
- Moorpark
- Ottering Wood
- The Reeds
- Rowledge
- Runfold
- Runwick Ho
- Snailslinch Fm
- Tilford
- Weybourne
- Wrecclesham
- Badshot, Badshot Lea
- Bourne
- Cockner
- Dogflood
- Tilhill Fm
- Whitmead
- Waverley Abbey
- Willey Ho and Mill
Other OS name
- Bricksbury Hill
- Hallimore Hill
- Hale
- Manleybridge Fm
- Green Lane Fm
- Hog Hatch
- Homefield
- Hungry Hill
- Lawday Ho Fm
- Myers Hill
- Normanswood
- Farnham Park
- Red Hill
- Ricketts Hill
- Rock Ho
- Rowhill Copse
- Sheephatch
- Tilford Bridge
- Uplands
- Wells Copse
- Westfields
- Whitewaysend Ho
- Broadwell's Copse
- Bushyreeds Copse
- Charleshill
- Claypit Wood
- Compton
- Culverlands
- The Folly
- Long Bridge