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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crook Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Chickerell

Historical Forms

  • Crooks Hill 1839 TA(Fleet)

Etymology

, 1811 OS , 1839TA (Chickerell) , Crooks Hill 1839TA (Fleet) , cf. (South ) Crook , Crook Plot 1839TA (Chickerell) , Crooks Close 1839TA (Fleet) , a Brit p.n. from *crǖg ' a hill, a mound ' with explanatory hyll ; the small hill in question is partly in Fleet par . infra .