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Alcroft Copse

Other OS name in the Parish of Beer Hackett

Historical Forms

  • Alcroft 1449 DCMDeed
  • Alcraft(e) 1614,1623 Weld1 1675 DCMDeed
  • Allcraft(e)s 1614 Weld1 1793 Hutch3
  • Allcroft Cmn, Coppice Grd by Allcroft 1839 TA

Etymology

, Alcroft 1449DCMDeed , Alcraft (e )1614,1623Weld 1, 1675DCMDeed , Allcraft (e )s 1614Weld 1, 1793Hutch3, Allcroft Cmn , Coppice Grd by Allcroft 1839TA , v. croft ' enclosure ' , first el . possibly heall ' hall, manor house ' in spite of the absence of initial H - , cf. le Hall Meade 1614Weld 1 .