Crockerhill
Early-attested site in the Parish of Boxgrove
Historical Forms
- Cro(c)kerehull 1220–6 SAC51,45 1279 Ass
- Crokkerehull 1337,1347 Ipm
- Crokkereshull 1296 SR
- Crokkereshelle 1428 FA
Etymology
Probably 'crocker-hill,' i.e. where the crocker or maker of pots lived. This carries the word back some hundred years earlier than the earliest example in the NED. Cf. Crockern Pill (So), Crokere (s )pill , Crokere (s )pull 1242, 1268 Ass, Crockerhill (Ha), associated with one Crokkere (1327SR ) and Crokerstoke in Hants (1255FF ).