Crookham Village
settlement
parish:
county:
coords:
Crookham Village
Hampshire
SU7952
refce: HANTSLOC.t
old map: 25inch County Series map -- Hants XX.6
Crookham Village
otherwise: Crocham, 1200
refce: Coates 1989
CROOKHAM (VILLAGE), modern parish carved out of Crondall
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
 Crookeha~
Shown on an old map by Blaeu 1645
- settlement, hamlet - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Blaeu 1645
(BLA1SU85.jpg)
old map
 Crookeham
Shown on an old map by Speed 1611
- settlement, village - Crundall Hundred - Hantshire
refce: Speed 1611
(SPD1SU85.jpg)
   Old Hampshire Gazetteer - JandMN: 2001