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Oldcastle, Oldcastle Fm, Oldcastle Heath & Oldcastle Well

Major Settlement in the Parish of Malpas

Historical Forms

  • Oldcastil 13 AD
  • Holdecastil 1260 Court
  • Oldecastell 1289 1567 ChRR
  • le Oldecastell 1345 Eyre 1362 Orm2
  • Oldcastle 1356 ChRR
  • Olde Castell 1560 Chol
  • Old Castle 1656 Orm2
  • Le Veu Chastel 1284 Ch
  • Le Veu Castell 1284 CRC

Etymology

'The old (i.e. the former) castle', from ald and castel(l) with hǣð and wella . The site of an old castle is at Castle Hill (118– 466442), 1838TA , cf. Orm2 ii666.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site