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.

Onset

Field in the Parish of Marsh Chapel

Historical Forms

  • 1808 BRA
  • le Onsett 1839 TA

Etymology

Onset 1808(le Onsett 1626*, cf. the Onsett inFulstow f.ns.(b) supra and v. Onset Yard in North Coates f.ns.(a)infra)