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Survey of English Place-Names

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Wroot Croft

Other OS name in the Parish of Finningley

Historical Forms

  • the Wroithie crofte with the ynges or medues therunto adionynge (sic) 1544 Wills
  • Wrotiecroft 1545 NtIpm

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Wroithie crofte with the ynges or medues therunto adionynge (sic)1544 Wills, Wrotiecroft 1545 NtIpm . Named from the neighbouring parish of Wroot (L) . The ie of the early forms may represent earlier (i)eg , ' island , ' ' marshy land . '