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Jacolines Crock

Other OS name in the Parish of Bothenhampton

Historical Forms

  • Jacklin's Crock 1844 TA

Etymology

, Jacklin 's Crock 1844TA , from the surname Jacklin ( Reaney - Wilson 251 ) ; second el . uncertain , but possibly crock ( OE  crocc ) ' earthenware vessel, iron pot ' in some extended or figurative sense or an altered form of the word crook ( OE crōc ) with reference to the very sharp bend in Crock Lane at Hyde Corner , cf. Cromlech Crock Lane in Wraxall par . supra for a possibly analogous name .