Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Crigest', Crigestone 1086 DB

• Crichelest' 1166 P

• Crikeleston' 1164–96 YChviii l.12 Nost33d 1202 FF 1208 P 1243 Fees 1246 Ass5d 1462 MinAcct

• Crikleston c.1250 Heal51

• Crikeliston 1274,1275 WCR

• Crideleston' 1196 P

• Crigleston 1188–1202 YChviii 13 YDxii,259 1304 YI 1313 WCR 1396 YDiii 1605 FF 1641 Rates

• Criglestoun 1331 WCR

• Crigliston 13 Heal49d

• Grigleston 1371 FF

• Crigeleston, Crygeleston 1202,1249 FF 1251 Ass 1308,1315 WCR 1323 MinAcct 1377 ADi

• Crigeliston 1234 FF 1274,1297,1307 WCR

• Crigileston 1275 WCR

• Crigheleston 1316 Vill

• Crykelston 1382 YDviii

• Kirkeleston' 1492 MinAcct

• Crigelston 1323 WCR

• Crygilston, Crigilston 1412 YDi 1468 Pat 1546 WillY

• Cregilston, Cregylston 1382 YDviii 1440 Brett 1513 FF 1552 WillY

Etymology

Ekwall is undoubtedly right in taking the first el. of Crigglestone as an older place-name, OE  Crȳc -hyll , which contains OWelsh  cruc 'a hill', with OE  hyll added tautologically; this type of hybrid is repeated in such p.ns. as Churchill So, Wo 106, Crichel Do. Crȳc - hyll would appear to refer to the hill on which Crigglestone stands overlooking the Calder, now called Crigglestone Cliff, and Crigglestone itself means 'the farmstead of Cryc-hyll ' (v. tūn ), being paralleled by Crudgington Sa (Crugetone 1086 DB, Crugelton 12, 13 DEPN); for the gen. compound in Crigglestone cf. Penistone i, 336supra and v. EPN i, 158–9 s.v. -es 2 (§ iii). The early ME  -k - (for ME  -ch - which would be normal in this type of p.n.) is due to ON  influence and the voicing of ME intervocalic -k - to -g - is common in such p.ns. as Wigginton or Wiganthorpe YN 14, 35 (from Víkingr ).