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| HER Number | MWB16223 |
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| Record Type | Place |
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| Name | Crookham |
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Summary
Small hamlet within Thatcham parish, a Domesday settlement
Monument Type(s):
- HAMLET (11th century - 1001 AD? to 1086 AD)
Full Description
Crookham is first documented in the Domesday Book <1>, and is probably a compound of 'crook' with 'ham', a village or homestead <2>. Gelling notes that Crookham House and the hamlet of Crookham are a mile apart, and it is unclear where the original settlement nucleus lay <2> but the small sharp bends of the river Enborne which flows south of the Crookham ridge, might be the origin of the 'crook' element of the place name.
Sources and further reading
| <01> | Morgan, P (ed). 1979. Domesday Book - Berkshire. DB5. 63d. [Monograph / SWB14587]
https://opendomesday.org/ (Accessed 11/01/2023) |
| <02> | Gelling, M. 1973. The Place Names of Berkshire - Part One. English Place-Name Society Vol XLIX. p188-9. [Monograph / SWB10003] |
| <03> | Davis, J L. 1768. A Survey of the Manor of Chamberhouse with an Estate at Crookham, belonging to Sir George Amyand Bart. 10 inches to 1 mile. [Map / SWB14656] |
| <03> | King, C. 1669. Map of Chamberhouse Estate. [Map / SWB149233] |
| <04> | Foster, N. 1988. Here was my Heart - A History of Greenham and Crookham Commons 1920-40. [Monograph / SWB14040] |
| <05> | Le Sauteur, W T. 1985. A Crookham Chronicle. [Unpublished document / SWB14030] |
| <06> | Page and Ditchfield (eds). 1923. Victoria County History (VCH) Berks III 1923. Vol 3. p314. [Monograph / SWB10005]
http://www.british-history.ac.uk/vch/berks/vol3 (Accessed 08/03/2022) |
Related Monuments
| MWB16061 | Pinchington Hall (formerly Crookham House) (Building) |
| MWB19897 | Thatcham Hundred (Place) |
Associated Excavations and Fieldwork
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