Crookham (in many of the earliest records, Crokeham) dates back at least as far as the
Domesday Book, though Church Crookham, including
Crookham Village (its west part in traditional terms), was a
hamlet until the first and only Anglican church was built in 1840. This is dedicated to
Christ and for which Church Crookham is named and to reflect all of the local land's ecclesiastical freehold farms and manors until the
dissolution of the monasteries, as there is a Crookham in
Berkshire and in
Northumberland. In the 13th to 14th centuries, the
De Burgh family held notable lands in Crookham of (
under) the Prior and Convent of
Saint Swithun, Winchester. During this time, one of the family saw a confirmation (re-grant) and was bailiff of the priory, in 1257. One of his grandsons passed all the lands of his mother in the "hamlets" of "Crookham" and "Velmeads" to another such grandson. Other than Crondall tithing, this parish in 1800 consisted of four other tithings, Crookham (otherwise Church Crookham),
Ewshot,
Swanthorpe, and portions of
Dippenhall (partly in
Surrey, in
Farnham Hundred). The soil is sandy here and in Ewshot, but is chalky in Swanthorpe and has some clay in other tithings. Forestry was significant in eastern Crookham with several 'old copse enclosures' and areas of 'woodland'.
Notable large newer neighbourhoods In Crookham (a term only used in historic studies and as a local shorthand) southwest of Church Crookham and southeast of Crookham Village is
Zebon Copse, over two hundred homes built in the late 1980s. A much larger development followed in the early 2010s at
Crookham Park, on the former
Queen Elizabeth Barracks site. ==Economy==