Crookesbroom literally means 'crooked lane amongst the broom (shrub)' (i. Brooms are a group of Evergreen, semi-evergreen and Deciduous Shrubs in the subfamily Faboideae of the Legume family Fabaceae e. the plant, not the article for sweeping floors), the shape of the lane which passes through it attests to this etymology. Crookesbroom is a place name in the village of Hatfield, South Yorkshire. Hatfield is a Civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Doncaster in South Yorkshire, England. In recent history the name has come only to apply to Crookesbroom Lane, but the name originally referred to an area between the villages of Hatfield and Dunscroft which appeared on 19th century ordnance survey maps. In the 1920's a house was built at Crookesbroom and named 'Crookesbroom' as the residence for the deputy manager of the recently sunk Hatfield Main colliery shaft (actually closer to the village of Stainforth). The house name was later altered to 'Crookesbroom House' to avoid confusion with the lane and the somewhat obsolete subdistrict in which it stood. Crookesbroom House was sadly demolished in 2006 following a lamentable period of disuse.
References
- Hatfield Library Archives, High Street, Hatfield, S. Yorks. (on request)
- Ordnance Survey Maps 1868 until the present
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