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Survey of English Place-Names

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Spital Croft

Other OS name in the Parish of Tickhill

Historical Forms

  • Spytelcrofte 1421 YDx
  • Spittle Croft 1849 TA
  • Spittle Hill 1771 M
  • Spital-Hill 1822 Langd

Etymology

, Spytelcrofte 1421 YD x, Spittle Croft 1849TA , v. spitel ' hospital,religious house ' , croft ; on the hospital founded here in the fourteenth century v. Hnt i, 244 . Spital Hill , Spittle Hill 1771 M, Spital -Hill 1822 Langd , v. prec. and hyll .