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.

Abbeycroft Coppice & Abbeycroft Down

Other OS name in the Parish of Tarrant Rushton

Historical Forms

  • Abbey Croft 1542 Hutch3
  • Abbeycraft Down 1811 OS

Etymology

, Abbey Croft 1542 Hutch3,Abbeycraft Down 1811 OS , cf. Tarronte Downe 1591DLMB , v. abbeye , croft , dūn , cf. par . name supra ; it belonged to Tarrant abbey .