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.

Crofthead

Other OS name in the Parish of Watermillock

Historical Forms

  • ye Crofthead 1700 PR

Etymology

is ye Crofthead 1700 PR . Cf. Crofte foote 1589LRMB .