English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Causehouse

Early-attested site in the Parish of Brampton

Historical Forms

  • Cowshall 1488 Ipm
  • Cawsehall 1516,1532 Portland
  • maner' de Caws(e) 1566 FF 1584 Portland
  • Cawshall 1608 ib

Etymology

Causehouse Fm (6″), Cowshall 1488 Ipm, Cawsehall 1516, 1532Portland , maner ' de Caws (e )1566FF , 1584Portland , Cawshall 1608 ib. 'Hall of the Caus(e) family', v. hall , cf. Robert le Caus 1292 Hall iii, Thomas Cawse of Cawsehall 1516Portland .