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Calcraft Family at Home and Abroad

Calcraft is one of the oldest family names in the Bottesford and Muston area, with parish records showing the family in at least the sixteenth century and probably before then. The name first appears in the Bottesford parish records in a marriage in May 1563 and the family were recorded in Muston by 1677. The name was also one of the earliest on the tenant rolls at Belvoir.
Over time the family have farmed at multiple locations and have given military service in many conflicts. They have also migrated the name across England and to other countries. Consequently the links below will develop to show the Calcraft diaspora in Yorkshire, Lincolnshire, Cornwall and Sussex; as well as in Rosetown and Indian Head in Saskatchewan, Canada, and in Uganda, New Zealand, the West Indies and South Africa.
The name Calcraft is thought to have originated in the Isle of Wight as Chalcroft, a place listed in the Domesday Book and supposedly named after the Old English phrases of either cealf croft or ceald croft (calves croft or cold croft). Variations include Chalvecroft (seen on Assize Rolls in Hampshire in 1272), Calvecrofth (Subsidy Rolls in Suffolk in 1327), Chalcraft (Canadian census records) or Caldcroft (Freemen Register in Yorkshire 1440s).

  • Calcraft Family at Muston

    Calcraft Family at Muston

    Family Tree - 18th and 19th Centuries
  • Joseph and Ann Calcraft's Family

    Joseph and Ann Calcraft's Family

  • From the Vale to the Prairie

    From the Vale to the Prairie

    The Calcraft Brothers in Saskatchewan
  • Joseph Parnham Calcraft and his family

    Joseph Parnham Calcraft and his family

    The Calcraft who laid down roots in Canada
  • 'Cal' Calcraft - A Mountie in the family

    'Cal' Calcraft - A Mountie in the family

    Son of Joseph Parnham Calcraft policing in the Canadian provinces
  • The Saskatchewan Homesteads System

    The Saskatchewan Homesteads System

    Location of the Belvoir School District and Calcraft / Raithby Farms
  • Calcrafts in Military Service

    Calcrafts in Military Service

  • Alfred Calcraft b1884 Hull and his father Thomas Calcraft b1853 Muston

    Alfred Calcraft b1884 Hull and his father Thomas Calcraft b1853 Muston

    A cousin who served in the Great War and his maverick father
  • Sallie Calcraft – A Sweetheart in New Zealand

    Sallie Calcraft – A Sweetheart in New Zealand

    The farthest relocation of the Bottesford Calcraft family
  • Reverend Canon George Calcraft

    Reverend Canon George Calcraft

    From Yorkshire Iron Works to Ugandan Mission House
  • Calcraft Photographs in the Catalogue / Archive Section

    Calcraft Photographs in the Catalogue / Archive Section

  • Other people named Calcraft

    Other people named Calcraft

    Are they or aren't they connected to Bottesford and Muston?
  • Alfred Calcraft, b1865 Muston

    Alfred Calcraft, b1865 Muston

    A soldier recording his service in needlepoint
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