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.

Crocker Moor, Crockham Moor (Fm)

Other OS name in the Parish of Corscombe

Etymology

( Kelly ) ( 6″ ) , Crockermoore (s )1684ERO , Crocker 's Moor 1774 Hutch1,1795 Boswell , Crockham Moor 1811 OS , Crockermoor Fm 1838TA , v. mōr , cf. William (le ) Crokker (e )1327, 1332 SR ( ' the potter ' , a taxpayer in Halstock ) ; the change from -er to -ham in this name seems to have originated on 1811 OS .