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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.

Aldcroft(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Bowdon

Historical Forms

  • Aldecroft 1260 Court
  • Aldecrofte 1467 ChRR

Etymology

( lost ) , 1665 Sheaf , Aldecroft 1260 Court (p)et freq , Aldecrofte 1467ChRR (p) , ' the old croft ' , v. ald , croft . This place was near Bowdon and Dunham Massey ; persons of the surname held land in the Dunham barony .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site