Longcroft
Other OS name in the Parish of Bowness
Historical Forms
- Langcroft(e) 1587 FF 1684 DKRxl
- Longecrofte 1589 ExchKR
Etymology
is Langcroft (e )1587 FF,1684 DKR xl, Longecrofte 1589ExchKR . “ Langcrofts … so called of the long ridges of land which lye between the town and Wampool ” ( Denton 76 ) .
Places in the same Parish
Other OS name
- Finglandrigg
- Whitrigglees
- Brackenrigg
- Knockcross Tumulus
- Rampart Head
- Rogersceugh
- Drumburgh Castle
- Easton Marsh
- Grass Dike
- Bowness Hall