Its origin dates back to the Gallic period... and its name comes from that of the forest Crothais, current forest of Dreux, in Eure-et-Loir, signifying grotto / cave. It is in this forest remnant of the forest Carnute, who was to be the center of Gaul, that would place the great annual ceremony druids, so famous in Asterix and the Goths... Both priests, philosophers, judges, doctors, diviners, astrologers and sorcerers, they enjoyed a great authority and were the most influential men of ancient Gaul.
Croth originally was a dependency of the land of Sorel, which had the Lord in the eleventh century, Ingulfe Ribault, powerful baron, from Dreux, who had both Brezolles, Remalard, Thimer... His successors became the lords of thyme based Chateauneuf-en-Thymerais.
By the time of Chateauneuf Croth disappeared, the family that took its name from this village there was worthily represented by William of Croth, steward of the lordship of Saint-André. He sat in the Exchequer of Rouen in 1249.
Later, the stronghold of Croth found himself detached from the movement of Sorel, to pass under the dependence of Illiers which belonged successively to the lords of Anet and Courtenay, and the bishops of Evreux.
