English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Town Cass

Other OS name in the Parish of Keswick

Historical Forms

  • the Casse 1605 Derwent

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is the Casse 1605Derwent . Prevost , Supp . I , defines cass as ' a swampy piece of ground subject to floods , ' which suits here . Cf. Caswasts 1723 ib and Cass Bay infra 363 .