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.

Cockcroft

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • Cockecroft 1297 WCR
  • Cokcroft(e), Coccroft(e) 1324 1564 WillY

Etymology

, Cockecroft 1297WCR (p), Cokcroft (e ), Coccroft (e )1324 ib (p), 1564 WillY , v. cocc 2 ' cock ' , croft .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name