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.

Maiden Castle(lost)

Other OS name in the Parish of Kirkby Thore

Etymology

( lost ) , 1823 M , the site being at Low Abbey ; for the name cf. Maiden Castle (ii, 71supra ) and MaboroughCastle (infra ) , v. mægden , castel .