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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 area ...
, a small area of land, often with a crofter's dwelling *
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 bette ...
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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 integral ...
, 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 ...
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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 Leicester, ...
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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'' wi ...
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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 ...
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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 1957 ...
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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 coun ...
, North Yorkshire * Croft (Aberdeenshire castle), a former keep in Scotland * The Croft, a listed house in Totteridge, Barnet *
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 circui ...
, a motor racing circuit in northeast England


In the United States

* 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-A ...
* Croft, Kansas


People

* Croft (surname) * Crofts (surname)


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 Cumberland ( ) is a historic county in the far ...
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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 in ...
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Ashcroft (disambiguation) Ashcroft may refer to: Places * Ashcroft, British Columbia, a village in Canada **Ashcroft House in Bagpath, Gloucestershire, England—eponym of the Canadian village * Ashcroft, New South Wales, a suburb of Sydney, Australia * Ashcroft, Colorado, ...
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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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