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Survey of English Place-Names

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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 ) .