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.

Bancroft Field

Other OS name in the Parish of Soham

Historical Forms

  • Bancroft(e) 1364 MinAcct
  • Bangcroft 1502 Fenlandii
  • Bancrofft felde t.Hy8 Pembroke
  • Bamcroft t.Eliz Bodl

Etymology

is Bancroft (e )1364MinAcct , Bangcroft 1502 Fenland ii, Bancrofft felde t. Hy 8Pembroke , Bamcroft t. ElizBodl . ' Bean-croft , ' v. bēan .