Croftown
hamlet · Highland
Old EnglishSurmised
Probable2 sources · name elements
Croftown means 'town or village with crofts', referring to a settlement characterized by small enclosed fields. It combines the Old English word for a settlement with the term for a small field.
Word origins
- Croft
- Old EnglishAttestedsmall enclosed field(from croft "croft")
- town
- Old EnglishAttestedsettlement, village(from tūn "enclosure, farmstead, village")