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.

Burcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Conisbrough

Historical Forms

  • Bircroft 1764 Glebe
  • Bur Croft 1840 TA

Etymology

, Bircroft 1764Glebe , Bur Croft 1840TA , probably ' croft beneath the castle ' , v. burh , croft ; Burcroft is just below Castle Hill .