English Place-name Society

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.

Priestcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Allhallows

Historical Forms

  • Presecrofte 1381 IpmR
  • Prest(e)croft(e) 1465 Pat 1578 Cocker
  • Priest Croft 1777 NB

Etymology

is Presecrofte 1381IpmR, Prest (e )croft (e )1465 Pat, 1578Cocker , Priest Croft 1777 NB . ' Priests' croft . '

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement