Editing Crouch End (section)

== Toponymy ==
The name Crouch End is derived from [[Middle English]]. A "crouch" meant cross while an "end" referred to an outlying area.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://londonist.com/2016/04/how-london-s-hills-got-their-names |title=How London's Hills Got Their Names |date=28 April 2016 |publisher=Londonist |access-date=7 October 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://hidden-london.com/gazetteer/crouch-end/ |title=Crouch End, Haringey |website=Hidden London |access-date=23 January 2018}}</ref> Some think that this refers to the borders of the parish, in other words, the area where the influence of the parish ends.

Its name has been recorded as Crouchend (1465), Crowchende (1480), the Crouche Ende (1482), and Crutche Ende (1553).<ref>{{cite book|title=A Dictionary of London Place-Names |first=A. D. |last=Mills |isbn=9780199566785 |publisher=Oxford |year=2010 |pages=[https://books.google.com/books?id=UWKcAQAAQBAJ&q=Crouch+End+&pg=PA68 67-68]}}</ref> In 1593, it was recorded as "Cruch End".<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.jpmaps.co.uk/map/id.33043 |title=John Norden's map of Middlesex |publisher=Jonathan Potter Ltd. |access-date=16 December 2017}}</ref>