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.

Crooks

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Mitton

Historical Forms

  • (the) Croke 1566,1573 WillY 1593 FF

Etymology

, 1771 M , (the ) Croke 1566,1573 WillY, 1593 FF , v. krókr ' a secluded nook ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site