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Survey of English Place-Names

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Crocker's Knap

Other OS name in the Parish of Leigh

Etymology

, v. cnæpp ' hillock ' , cf. William Croker '1332 SR ( the surname is from ME crokkere ' a potter ' , cf. the lost Crockeresrewe in Hermitage par . supra , a point in the bounds of Blackmoor Forest ) .