| Caistron |
kers þyrne |
thorn bushes in the low marshy ground |
|
NT |
995013 |
| Callaly |
calwa(n) leage |
bare clearing |
Two spellings suggest an alternative derivation "calf clearing" but this may simply be an error. |
NU |
053095 |
| Callerton |
cealfra dun |
hill of the calves |
|
NZ |
177687 |
| Cambo |
cam hoh |
heel of land where slate(shale) is quarried |
|
NZ |
026856 |
| Cambois |
camus |
bay/sea inlet |
The name is common in Scot. and Ir place-names (Camus, Camas, Cambus). Adamnan names a Cambas in Vita S Columbae. Forms with -hus may represent early etymologising on the part of the scribes. The spellings in -bois show influence of A.F. bois; "a wood" |
NZ |
306836 |
| Capheaton |
magna heatun |
great heatun |
Presumably there was more than one heatun; this was the chief/head/largest of them. This form "lost" to the alternative "caput" |
NZ |
035803 |
| Capheaton |
caput heatun |
head heatun |
Presumably there was more than one heatun; this was the chief/head/largest of them. |
NZ |
035803 |
| Capheaton |
heah tun |
high farm |
Presumably there was more than one heatun; this was the chief of them. |
NZ |
035803 |
| Carham |
carr ham |
homestead by the rock |
Given that this is on the river it is also important to consider that this may be a hamm name. |
NT |
798384 |
| Carham |
(æt thæm) carrum |
at the rocks |
Given that this is on the river it is also important to consider that this may be a hamm name. |
NT |
798384 |
| Carp Shield |
Garpres schele |
the shiel of Garpr |
More properly this is ME |
NZ |
046477 |
| Carraw |
cadro reamhur |
beautiful point |
Much of this is specualtive |
NY |
849711 |
| Carrick Heights |
cair wic |
dwelling by the fort |
|
NY |
906963 |
| Carrycoats Hall |
caer-y-coed |
fort in the woods |
Mawer notes that this is a suggestion by Bates in his 'Border Holds' but notes that as with Carrick he would expect early forms in cair- However he advances no other derivation. |
NY |
924799 |
| Cartington |
Kiartanes dun |
Kiartan's hill |
Kiartan is a Scandinavian name ultimately of Celtic origin (from Dublin?) |
NU |
038046 |
| Catch Burn |
Cæccan burne |
Cæcca's burn |
|
NZ |
186833 |
| Catchburn Farm |
Cæccan burne |
Cæcca's burn |
|
NZ |
202839 |
| Catcherside |
caldchere side |
cold cheer hill |
|
NY |
991876 |
| Catcleugh |
Cattan cloh |
Catta's ravine |
cloh is not documented in OE but is inferred to have existed |
NT |
746033 |
| Catraw |
Cattan raw |
Catta's row |
|
NZ |
201794 |
| Catton |
cattan denu |
Catta's valley |
|
NY |
828577 |
| Causey Hall Farm |
calde saete |
cold farm |
Name may have developed by association with cawse, "causeway" as in Causey Park |
NZ |
202552 |
| Causey Park |
cawsey park |
park by the causeway |
The causey or causeway referred to is "an ancient paved way along the eastern boundary on the line of the present North Road (H.2.2.131) The capella or kyrke was a chapel which once stood in its precincts. Could this be a different p-n based on c(h)alc? |
NZ |
178950 |
| Caw Burn |
Cawan denu |
Cawa's valley |
Later dropped "den" and replaced with burn; or both forms may have existed together. |
NY |
733682 |
| Cawledge Middle Park |
Clau bache |
? Stream |
The first part cannot be explained. Cache is related to bekkr, the Scandinavian word for a stream |
NU |
191102 |
| Cawledge Middle Park |
Caua leche |
Caua's letch |
th in some forms is a transcription error for ch; for -age, -edge c.f. Debach, Suff which is pronounced Debbidge. Caua is OE, but no OE equivalent of leche is known. |
NU |
191102 |
| Charlaw |
ceorran hlaw |
Ceorra's hill |
|
NZ |
235476 |
| Charlton |
ceorla tun |
farm of the freemen |
|
NY |
809849 |
| Charlton Hall |
ceorla tun |
farm of the freemen |
|
NU |
179224 |
| Chattlehope |
cietel hop |
kettle shaped valley |
|
NT |
738027 |
| Chattlehope |
Cietelan hop |
Cietel's valley |
|
NT |
738027 |
| Chatton |
ce(a)ttan tun |
Ce(a)tta's farm |
|
NU |
056284 |
| Cheeseburn Grange |
ciese burh |
the fort famous for its cheeses |
|
NZ |
093712 |
| Chester-le-Street |
cestr(i)a |
chester |
Identification of Cuneningum as Cunecacestre is probably erroneous - more likely to be Cunningham or similar if it has survived. The identification may have its roots in the interim home of St. Cuthbert's community. |
NZ |
270513 |
| Chester-le-Street |
Cuneca ceaster |
chester called Cuneca |
Identification of Cuneningum as Cunecacestre is probably erroneous - more likely to be Cunningham or similar if it has survived. The identification may have its roots in the interim home of St. Cuthbert's community. |
NZ |
270513 |
| Chester-le-Street |
cestr(i)a in strata |
chester on the road |
Identification of Cuneningum as Cunecacestre is probably erroneous - more likely to be Cunningham or similar if it has survived. The identification may have its roots in the interim home of St. Cuthbert's community. |
NZ |
270513 |
| Chester-le-Street |
Cunecan ceaster |
Cuneca's chester |
Identification of Cuneningum as Cunecacestre is probably erroneous - more likely to be Cunningham or similar if it has survived. The identification may have its roots in the interim home of St. Cuthbert's community. |
NZ |
270513 |
| Chesters |
Scytelesceaster |
Scytel's chester |
If this identification is correct it should now be Shittlechester (by the Wall) |
NY |
909702 |
| Chesterwood |
ceastre weorth |
the enclosure by the chester |
|
NY |
829651 |
| Cheswick |
ciese wic |
cheese dwelling |
Mawer records parish as Islandshire. |
NU |
031466 |
| Chevington Lodge |
Ceofing(a) tun |
The farm of Ceofa's folk |
There is no obvious precedence between East and West Chevington, hence the choice of Chevington Lodge for this entry. |
NZ |
227984 |
| Chibburn |
Cillan burna |
Cilla's stream |
|
NZ |
254976 |
| Chibburn |
Cillburna muða |
mouth of Cilla's stream |
|
NZ |
254976 |
| Chillingham |
Ceofeling(a)ham |
the homestead of Ceofel or his sons |
|
NU |
056261 |
| Chilton Moor Farm |
|
|
|
NZ |
322492 |
| Chipchase Castle |
Chips chess |
Chip's chase |
Chess is both Scots and Northumbrian form of chase. |
NY |
882757 |
| Chirdon Burn |
Ceorran denu |
Ceorra's valley |
|
NY |
744812 |
| Chirton |
Ceorran tun |
Ceorra's farm |
|
NZ |
345680 |
| Chollerford |
Ceolferðes ford |
Ceolfirth's ford |
Note that this is purely speculative based on the evidence for nearby Chollerton. There are no known early forms of Chollerford. |
NY |
919706 |
| Chollerton |
Ceolferðes tun |
Ceolferth's farm |
|
NY |
933720 |
| Choppington |
Ceabbing(a)tun |
farm of Ceabba or his sons |
The ealiest forms suggest this; it is 130 years before any forms with p are recorded. The shift from a to o is well attested elsewhere. |
NZ |
254843 |
| Choppington |
cheaping tun |
market farm |
|
NZ |
254843 |
| Choppington |
Ceaping(a)tun |
farm of Ceapa or his sons |
|
NZ |
254843 |
| Chopwell |
Ceappan wella |
Ceappa's spring |
|
NZ |
118584 |
| Cleadon |
cleofa dun |
steeply sloping hill hill |
M.E. cleve - steeply sloping hill. |
NZ |
381619 |
| Clennell |
clæne hyll |
clean hill |
|
NT |
928071 |
| Clifton |
cleofa tun |
steeply sloping hill farm |
Or just "hill farm" |
NZ |
203827 |
| Close House |
le clos |
the enclosure |
|
NZ |
127658 |
| Coanwood |
Collanes wode |
Collan's wood |
There may be a terminus post quem for this name: a Collanus was provost of Hexhamshire (Hexh. Priory, I,p.viii_ |
NY |
680592 |
| Coastley |
Coccan leah |
Cocc's clearing |
|
NY |
899654 |
| Cocken Lodge |
|
Pre English |
|
NZ |
302472 |
| Cocklaw Burn |
cryc hlaw |
hill-hill |
More properly "rounded hill called cryc" The modern form would appear to be corrupt. See also Kirkley |
NU |
117288 |
| Cocklaw Burn |
cryc hlaw burna |
stream near cryc-hlaw |
|
NU |
117288 |
| Coeburn |
cove burn |
stream in the hollow |
Cove appears to have been a common name element in the immediate area. |
NU |
087087 |
| Cold Law |
ceald hlaw |
cold rounded hill |
Derived from entry for Coldlaw Burn (20006) |
NT |
921033 |
| Coldcoats Burn |
calde cotes |
cold dwellings |
|
NZ |
149749 |
| Coldcoats Burn |
ceald cots |
cold dwellings |
|
NZ |
149749 |
| Coldcotes |
calde cotes |
cold dwellings |
|
NY |
760759 |
| Coldcotes |
ceald cots |
cold dwellings |
|
NY |
760759 |
| Coldlaw Burn |
ceald-hlaw burna |
the stream issuing from Ceald-hlaw |
Coldlaw (4917) is a hill to the south of this minor stream, which is not named on Landranger maps. The stream meets the Coquet below Harbottle. |
NT |
928042 |
| Coldlaw Burn |
Caldelau burne |
the stream issuing from Caldelau |
Coldlaw (4917) is a hill to the south of this minor stream, which is not named on Landranger maps. The stream meets the Coquet below Harbottle. |
NT |
928042 |
| Coldmartin |
ceald mære-tun |
cold place called mære-tun |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldmartin |
cald-mere tun |
farm by the cold pool |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldmartin |
ceald mere-tun |
cold place called mere-tun |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldmartin |
cald mære-tun |
cold place called mære-tun |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldmartin |
cald mertun |
cold place called mere-tun |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldmartin |
ceald-mere tun |
farm by the cold pool |
Mawer notes the possibility of maere-tun or mere-tun without considering a major difference in semantics. It seems unlikely that a boundary would be cold, but a lake or marsh could well be cold. Nearby are Coldmartin Loughs - the original ceald-mere? |
NU |
006272 |
| Coldtown |
cald tun |
cold farm |
|
NY |
890884 |
| Coldwell |
ceald wella |
cold spring |
|
NZ |
001868 |
| Coldwell Hill |
ceald wella |
cold spring |
|
NZ |
201822 |
| Colepike Hall |
col pighill |
corner of land where coal is found |
pighill, pickhill, pickle are Northern forms of pightle, meaning "a corner of land, small field or enclosure" The modern name is corrupt - but note that there are a series of names beginning "Colepike" in the area. |
NZ |
145460 |
| Collierley |
Colyers ley |
Collier's field |
|
NZ |
153544 |
| Collierley |
colyers ley |
collier's field |
|
NZ |
153544 |
| Colpitts Grange |
col pittes |
coal workings |
The formation colpytt is found in Old English, but this is likely to be later. The presence of coal workings is attested by nearby Pithouse Fell (599400, 554100) |
NY |
980559 |
| Colwell |
cole wielle |
cool sring |
|
NY |
952755 |
| Coquet Island |
? |
A pre-English name |
|
NU |
293046 |
| Corbridge |
Corst bricg |
Bridge at Corstoritum |
|
NY |
993644 |
| Cornhill on Tweed |
corne halh |
corn haugh |
|
NT |
861394 |
| Corsenside |
crossan sæte |
Crossa's place |
|
NY |
889892 |
| Corstopitum Roman Fort |
Corst bricg |
Bridge at Corstoritum |
|
NY |
982648 |
| Cottingwood Common |
Cot(t)ing wudu |
the wood of Cot(t)a |
|
NZ |
197873 |
| Cowden |
cole denu |
cool valley |
|
NY |
918793 |
| Cowpen |
kupum |
hollows |
|
NZ |
292816 |
| Cramlington Village |
Crameling(a) tun |
farm of Cramel or his sons |
|
NZ |
267767 |
| Craster |
Crowes ceaster |
Crow's chester |
|
NU |
258197 |
| Crawley Farm |
Crowes leah |
Crow's clearing |
|
NU |
069165 |
| Crookham |
|
crooked homestead |
|
NT |
917382 |