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.

Croft

Other OS name in the Parish of Halifax

Historical Forms

  • (the) Croft 1595 HAS 1682 FGr

Etymology

, (the ) Croft 1595 HAS18, 87, 1682FGr 22 , cf. also Croftbek 1538MinAcct 56 , Crofthouse 1663 Stansf , v. croft ' small enclosure ' , bekkr ' stream ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name