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.

Cam, Cold Cam

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kilburn

Historical Forms

Camb(e), Kambe 1138,a.1196 Dugdv.350,353 1376 1371,1385 Baildon

Camp' 1293 QW

Etymology

v. camb and Cams Head 194supra . Cam is at the northern end of a ridge.

Places in the same Parish

Major Settlement

Early-attested site