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 . '