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.

Countersett

Early-attested site in the Parish of Aysgarth

Historical Forms

  • Constansate 1280 YI 1283 Rich
  • Cuntellatte 1285 YI

Etymology

v. setr . The first element is a pers. n., OFr  Constance from MedLat  Constantius . Constantin is found in the Danelaw in the 12th cent.