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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crookbarrow Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Whittington

Historical Forms

  • Cruchulle 1182 RBB 18th
  • Crokeberewe, Crokeberghe, Crokberewe c.1225 Wulst 1275 Ass 1314 FF 1330 Ch
  • Cruckebire c.1255 Ipm
  • Crickeboreg, Cricheboreg 13th Wulst
  • Crokkeberew, Crokkeberow c.1245 Bodl19 1275 SR 1306 Wigorn 1328 WoCh
  • Crikkeberewe 1329 FF
  • Crok(e)barwe 1330 Ch 1453 IpmR
  • Cruckberwe 1330 Pat
  • Crokebarow 1527 More

Etymology

There is no doubt that here we have OE  beorg suffixed to the British *crouka (Welsh  crug ), both alike meaning 'barrow.'Crookbarrow Hill is described in VCH (iii. 514) as 'a very large elliptical mound with an artificial top reputed to be sepulchral.'That is doubtless what is referred to in the name. Cruchulle is an interesting variant. Cf. Churchill supra 106.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement