Carcroft
Early-attested site in the Parish of Owston
Historical Forms
- Kercroft, Kerkroft 12 1190–1210 YCh823 13 Nost55d 1366 FF
- Kerecroft c.1170 Pont 1203
- Karcroft(e), Carcroft(e) 1365 DodsN 1371 FF 1586 FF
- Care Crofte 1487 MinAcct
Etymology
'Enclosure near the marsh', v. kjarr , croft .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Haywood
- Sourpiece Wood
- Cross Field
- Skellow Ings
- Brick Kiln Plant
- Holme
- South Quarry
- Holmeroyd or Humber Head Dike
- Skellow Mill
- Blacker Green
- Black Sike Well
- Breaks Plant
- Burnt Ings
- Buskey Plant
- Cockshaw Dike
- Corpse Lane
- Dicken Fm
- Duck Holt
- Emily Wood
- Felhurst Bridge
- Joan Croft
- Lady Well
- Morley Well
- North Quarry
- North Park
- Owston Common
- Owston Grange
- Owston Hall
- Pickhill Lane
- Randall Croft Wood
- Rockley
- Row Plant
- Rushy Moor
- Sixteen Acres Plant
- Crabgate Lane
- Skellow Cross
- Briery Cottage
- Shirley Pool
- Stock Bridge
- Stoney Lands Lane
- Stony Flat Plant
- Tumholme
- Well Sike
- Wheat Holme
- White Hall
- Humber Head Ings