Croft may refer to:
Occupations
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Croft (land)
A croft is a fenced or enclosed area of land, usually small and arable, and usually, but not always, with a crofter's dwelling thereon. A crofter is one who has tenure and use of the land, typically as a tenant farmer, especially in rural ar ...
, a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling
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Crofting
Crofting is a form of land tenure and small-scale food production particular to the Scottish Highlands, the islands of Scotland, and formerly on the Isle of Man.
Within the 19th century townships, individual crofts were established on the bett ...
, small-scale food production
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Bleachfield
A bleachfield or bleaching green was an open area used for spreading cloth on the ground to be purified and whitened by the action of the sunlight. Bleaching fields were usually found in and around mill towns in Great Britain and were an integra ...
, an open space used for the bleaching of fabric, also called a croft
Locations
In the United Kingdom
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Croft, Cheshire
Croft is a village and civil parish in Borough of Warrington, Cheshire, England, about four miles north of Warrington town centre. At the 2001 census it had a population of 2,920. It is a semi-rural, residential district.
Geography
The village ...
, in the Borough of Warrington
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Croft, Leicestershire
Croft is a village and civil parish in the Blaby district of Leicestershire, off the Fosse Way, straddling the River Soar. The population of the civil parish at the 2011 census was 1,639.
Geography
The village is about southwest of Leiceste ...
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Croft, Lincolnshire
Croft is a small village and civil parish in the East Lindsey district of Lincolnshire, England. The village is situated approximately north-east from Wainfleet, and south-west from Skegness.
Croft is listed in the 1086 '' Domesday Book'' ...
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Croft, Herefordshire
Croft is a hamlet in north Herefordshire, England. With the village of Yarpole it is part of Croft and Yarpole civil parish, the population of which at the 2011 census was 552.
Croft Castle
Croft Castle is a country house in the village of ...
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Croft Castle
Croft Castle is a country house in the village of Croft, Herefordshire, England. Owned by the Croft family since 1085, the castle and estate passed out of their hands in the 18th century, before being repurchased by the family in 1923. In 195 ...
, Herefordshire
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Croft-on-Tees
Croft-on-Tees is a village and civil parish in the Richmondshire district of North Yorkshire, England. It has also been known as Croft Spa, and from which the former Croft Spa railway station took its name. It lies north-north west of the cou ...
, North Yorkshire
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Croft (Aberdeenshire castle), a former keep in Scotland
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The Croft
The Croft is a large detached house on Totteridge Green in Totteridge, Barnet. It has been Grade II listed on the National Heritage List for England since November 1974.
The house was designed by the English architect T.E. Collcutt as his perso ...
, a listed house in Totteridge, Barnet
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Croft Circuit
Croft Circuit is a motor racing circuit located near Dalton-on-Tees in North Yorkshire, England. The tarmac circuit is long and is based on the lands of an airfield, but has long since moved on from being a basic airfield circuit. The circu ...
, a motor racing circuit in northeast England
In the United States
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Croft, California, in
El Dorado County
El Dorado County (), officially the County of El Dorado, is a county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 census, the population was 191,185. The county seat is Placerville. The County is part of the Sacramento-Roseville-Ar ...
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Croft, Kansas
Croft is an unincorporated community in Pratt County, Kansas, United States. It is located southwest of Pratt
Pratt is an English surname. Notable people with the surname include:
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* Abner Pratt (1801–1863), American diplomat, jurist, ...
People
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Croft (surname) Croft is a surname; notable people with this surname include:
*Chancy Croft (born 1937), American politician, father of Eric Croft
* Chris Croft, American politician
*David Croft (broadcaster), "Crofty", British TV commentator
*David Croft (TV pro ...
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Crofts (surname) Crofts is a surname of English origin. The name refers to:
* Andrew Crofts (b. 1953), English writer
* Andrew Crofts (b. 1984), Welsh professional football player
*Carole Crofts (b. 1959), British diplomat
*Daniel Webster Crofts (1828–1852), Amer ...
See also
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Crofts End, Bristol
Eastville is the name of both a council ward in the city of Bristol in the United Kingdom and a suburb of the city that lies within that ward. The Eastville ward covers the areas of Eastville, Crofts End (also known as Clay Hill), Stapleton and ...
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Crofton, Cumbria
Crofton is an area of Thursby, Allerdale district of Cumbria, England. It is west-southwest of Carlisle. In 1870-72 the township had a population of 105.
Historically a part of Cumberland, Crofton was one of three small townships in the centr ...
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Crofton, British Columbia
Crofton is a small west coast town within the District of North Cowichan of southern Vancouver Island in British Columbia, east of BC Highway 1 about north of Victoria.
Early settlers
In the mid-1800s, several families obtained preemptions i ...
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Ashcroft (disambiguation)
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Undercroft
An undercroft is traditionally a cellar or storage room, often brick-lined and vaulted, and used for storage in buildings since medieval times. In modern usage, an undercroft is generally a ground (street-level) area which is relatively open ...
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