British History

• Barnston
• Blacon
• Capenhurst
• Eastham
• Gayton
• Greasby
• Hadlow
• Hargrave
• Heswall
• Hooton
• Landican
• Lea
• Ledsham
• Leighton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Croughton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

• Agardsley
• Aldridge
• Alrewas
• Barr
• Barton [-under-Needwood]
• Bescot
• Bloxwich and [Little] Bloxwich
• Bradley and [Lower] Bradley
• Branston
• Burton [-upon-Trent]
• Clifton [Campville]
• Draycott [-in-the-Clay]
• Drayton [Bassett]
• Edingale

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Croxall is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

• Alsager
• Bostock
• Brereton
• Byley
• Clive
• Congleton
• Davenham
• Davenport
• Goostrey
• Hassall
• Kinderton
• Lach [Dennis]
• Leftwich
• Middlewich

The Meaning of the Name

The name Croxton is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word tūn, a farmstead or village. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a farmstead’.

• Acklam
• Airy [Holme]
• Aislaby
• Arnodestorp
• Baldebi
• Barnaby
• Barwick
• Battersby
• Bergolbi
• Berguluesbi
• Blaten [Carr]
• Borrowby
• Breck
• Brotton

The Meaning of the Name

The name Crunkly Gill is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word lēah, a woodland clearing. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a clearing’.

The numbers record a sharp fall. Before 1066, Cruttonstall was worth 5 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 4 shillings – a fall of 19%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.

• Addingham
• Airton
• Anley
• Appletreewick
• Arncliffe
• Arnford
• Barnoldswick
• Bashall [Eaves]
• Battersby [Barn]
• Beamsley
• Birkby [Hall]
• Bogeuurde
• Bolton [Abbey]
• Bolton [by Bowland]

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cullingworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a enclosure’.

• Brampton [Hall]
• Caldeuuelle
• Dishforth
• Ellenthorpe [Hall]
• Givendale
• Hashundebi
• Holme
• Howgrave
• Hutton [Conyers]
• Kirby [Hill]
• Leckby [Palace]
• Markington
• Milby
• Norton [Conyers]

The Meaning of the Name

The origin of the name Cundall is not securely established from its modern form alone; like many settlement names in the North it likely combines an Old English or Old Norse personal name with a landscape term.

• Adwick [le Street]
• Adwick [upon Dearne]
• Armthorpe
• Aston
• Attercliffe
• Auckley
• Aughton [Hall]
• Austerfield
• Balby
• Barnbrough
• Barnby [Dun]
• Bentley
• Bilham [House]
• Billingley

The Meaning of the Name

The name Cusworth is of Anglo-Saxon origin. Its final element derives from the Old English word worð, an enclosure or homestead. The first element is most likely a personal name or an early descriptive term, now difficult to recover with certainty. Taken together the name probably meant something close to ‘a enclosure’.

The drop in value is hard to miss. Before 1066, Cwybr Bach was worth 28 shillings; by 1086 that had dropped to 17.5 shillings – a fall of 37%. Most Yorkshire villages that lost value on this scale were swept up in the Harrying of the North – William’s scorched-earth campaign of 1069–70.