Halcroft meaning | Last name Halcroft origin

Is a variant form of Allcroft. See Croft - Places in counties Leicester, Lincoln, York, Durham, and Hereford. Croft castle, in the first-named county, was the seat of an ancient family to which it gave name. "Croft is a little close or pightle adjoining to an house, either used for pasture or arable, as the owner pleases; and it seems to be derived from the old word creaft, that is handi craft, because the lands are for the most part manured with the best skill of the owner." Termes de la Ley. The word is, however, pure Anglo-Saxon, and is defined by Bosworth as a small en closed field. This is a very common termination for surnames; as Cock croft, a poultry yard ; Haycroft, a rick yard; Ashcroft, a close where ash-trees grow; Horsecroft, a yard for horses, Allcroft (for IIallcroft) an enclosurse by the hall, etc.