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.

Carisbrook Pools

Other OS name in the Parish of Mitcheldean

Historical Forms

  • Casbrokesmedowe 1436 MinAcct
  • Casbrookefeild 1627,1637 Inq

Etymology

, Casbrokesmedowe 1436MinAcct , Casbrookefeild 1627, 1637 Inq , probably ' cress stream ' , v. cærse , brōc ; for loss of - r - cf. Phonol. § 38 .