Church Crookham

Church Crookham, Fleet
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Fleet
Hampshire
SU8152
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XX.7
Church Crookham
otherwise: Crocham, 1200
refce: Coates 1989
CHURCH CROOKHAM, suburb of Fleet
Apparently 'crook estate' or 'crook hemmed-in land', but it is not clear in what sense of 'crook' and it cannot be decided whether Old English 'ham' or 'hamm' is involved. It is possible that the first element is Old English 'croh'='nook', as in Crookham (Berkshire), in which case the nook would be the notch in the 76m contour line south of Crookham village, cut across by the Basingstoke Canal.
old map
 Crookham
Shown on an old map by Harrison 1788 (perhaps)
- settlement, hamlet - Crondal Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1780s
refce: Harrison 1788
(HAR1SU85.jpg)
old map
 Crokham
Shown on an old map by Morden 1695
- settlement, village - Crundall Hundred - Hampshire
Period - 1690s-1720s
refce: Morden 1695
(MRD2SU85.jpg)
old map
 Crookena~
Shown on an old map by Norden 1607 (perhaps)
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hamshire
Period - 1590s-1600s
refce: Norden 1607
(NRD1SU85.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001