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.

Crottebergh

Early-attested site in the Parish of West Firle

Historical Forms

  • Crotteberg(h) t.Steph France 1121 AD 1279 Ass
  • Croteberge 1139–61 ADA15417 1252 Ch
  • Crottbergh c.1200 FM 1200–44 FM
  • Crotesbergh 1279 Ass
  • Crottebreghe 1285 FM
  • Old Burgh, Upper Burgh 1842 TA

Etymology

Here and in Cortesley infra 503 we must have a pers. name Crott (a ). This may, as two forms for Cortesley suggest, be a metathesised form of Cort (a ). For such a name v. PN NRY 14s. n. Corburn, and note also Crotindene , a pers. name in Kent (1327 SR), Corteshamme BCS 917 and Cortington, DBCortitone , both in Wilts, and Coursebeer (D), Cortesbear 1330SR . The name is lost but Mr Allcroft suggests that the beorg is the conical hill on which stands the pseudo-antique Heighton Tower. Mr Budgen is inclined to identify it with the site of the fields called Old Burgh , Upper Burgh etc. (1842TA ) near Burgh Bridge (6″).