Stokes Croft
Other OS name in the Parish of Dunton Bassett
Historical Forms
- Crafte 1601,1606 Terrier
- Croft 1674 ib
- Crofts 1697,1700 1762 ib
Etymology
, Crafte 1601, 1606Terrier , Croft 1674ib , Crofts 1697, 1700ib et passim to1762ib , v. croft ; presum . the eventual property of Thomas Stokes , a wealthy hosier of Leicester who was lord of the manor and founded the local school in 1849 .