Topics

• About the Wheatcroft One-Name Study
• Origin of the surname
• Historical occurrences
• Data
• Links
• Contact Details

About the Wheatcroft One-Name Study

The Wheatcroft one name study grew out of my interest in family history which I began in 2002. I am seeking to establish a world wide database and welcome all contributions. I am interested in all things Wheatcroft, personal stories, social histories as well as just collecting names and trees etc. All enquiries welcome.

Origin of the surname

Wheatcroft Origins.

I believe Wheatcroft and its variants to be a locational surname, which derives from the village of that name in North Derbyshire near Crich or the medieval hamlet near Cullompton, Devon.

‘Croft’ being land given over to cultivation and ‘Wheat’ possibly derived from White, Whitecroft meaning the settlement on good lands.

My own Derbyshire Wheatcrofts I have conclusively researched back to 1700 in South Wingfield.

Wheatcroft became Whitcraft and subsequently Whitcroft when my ancestors moved from South Wingfield at the begining of the 19th century to take up residence in Ansley, Leicester, Bedworth and Aston.

Their occupations varied from miners to policemen, shop owners to publicans, many were very well known local sportsmen.

Historical occurrences

Historical

Early records of the name and its variants include Adam de Whetecroft 1191 Pipe Rolls of Yorkshire. Semen de Wetecroft 1273 Hundred Rolls of Suffolk. Robert de Wetecroft 1273 Hundred Rolls of Lincoln. Richard de Whatecrofth 1327 Subsidy Rolls Suffolk. Ranulph de Wetecroft, Galfridus de Wetecroft and Walter de Wetecroft Crich taxes 1327. There were Wheatcrofts at Baslow in the 15th century and also in North Wingfield, Stretton, Brampton, and Ashover. Leonard Wheatcroft of Ashover was a very colourful character of his day, a yeoman, writer and poet. His manuscripts printed and published by the Derbyshire Archaeological Journal are deposited at the County Record Office in Matlock.

Famous 20th century Wheatcrofts include Tom Wheatcroft (motor racing) and Harry Wheatcroft( champion rose grower) 1898-1977

Data

Data

IGI

UK Census 1841-1901

Civil Registration entries from indexes births, marriages and deaths.

Surname distribution US and UK

Some Derbyshire Wills

Some Derbyshire Family Trees

Derbyshire Parish records

Some Photographs, MIs, Newspaper articles, directories, military records, mostly Derbyshire and Warwickshire

Links

June Faulkes Family Tree

www.junefaulkes1.tribalpages.com

Contact details

For further information, contact:

Miss June E Faulkes
8 The Parade,
Princes St,
Nuneaton,
Warwickshire
CV11 5NR
UNITED KINGDOM
E-mail:

This page last updated 30 September 2008.

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