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Survey of English Place-Names

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Greencrofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Little Canfield

Historical Forms

  • Skeeps (Fm) 1777 C 1805 O

Etymology

is Green Crops ( Fm ) , is so named and ( 6 ″ ) is Skeeps (Fm ) in 1777 (C) and 1805 (O) . The farm must have been named from its beehives ( EDD s. v. skep ) . Cf. infra 585 .

Places in the same Parish