Crooks Ho
Early-attested site in the Parish of Bracewell
Historical Forms
- Croche(s) 1086 DB
- Croc(h)um 1147,l.12 Sawl1,2,12d
- le Croke 1290 YDiii
- Crooks House 1817 M
Etymology
Crooks Ho, Croche (s )1086 DB, Croc (h )um 1147, l. 12Sawl 1, 2, 12d, le Croke 1290 YD iii, Crooks House 1817 M. v. krókr 'a bend, a nook', referring to a secluded nook of land in the hills; Crocum is in the dat.pl. (v. -um ).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Audsber Hill
- Aynhams Hill
- Bawden Plant
- Bentha (Hill)
- Bracewell Hall
- Calf Ho
- Cook Hill
- Croft Gate
- Crookber
- Crook Carr
- Flush Beck & Flush Bridge
- Fools Syke
- Gilbeber Hill
- Grazenber
- Gutteridge
- Hargreaves Laithe
- Hawber
- Heber
- The Height
- High Tree Field
- Laithe Butts
- Lodge Hill
- Mill Hill
- Monk Bridge
- New Laithe
- Old Park Laithe & Old Park Syke
- Pond Hill
- Pykeley Field Ho
- Stock Beck, Stock Bridge & Stock Hill
- Sweetcliffe Ho
- Taylor Well
- Turpit Gate Syke
- Wedacre
- Whin Hill
- Yarlside