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.

The Crofts

Other OS name in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • the Croft 1653 Tayl
  • Upper Croft 1709 WMB
  • ye Near Croft & Far Croft 1764 PRHrb

Etymology

, the Croft 1653 Tayl, Upper Croft 1709 WMB, y e Near Croft & Far Croft 1764 PRHrb , v. croft .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site