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Survey of English Place-Names

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Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Steventon

Historical Forms

  • The Cawsey 1418–19 VCHiv
  • The Cawseye Land 1440–1 WAM
  • Le Causye 1587–8 ib
  • Le Cawsey Waie Land 1590–1 ib
  • Causeway Close and Causeway Croft 1842 TA

Etymology

, The Cawsey 1418–19 VCH iv, The Cawseye Land 1440–1WAM , Le Causye 1587–8ib , Le Cawsey Waie Land 1590–1ib , Causeway Close and Causeway Croft 1842TA , this is the village street , which has the form of a bank , paved on top , v. caucie .