Caversham
Major Settlement in the Parish of Reading (including Caversham)
Historical Forms
- Caueresham, Cavesham 1086 DB
- Kauersham 1152–8 NLC
- Caueresham 1155 1285 Ass
- Chauerisham, Chaueresham 1173 P
- Keueresham 1205 Os 13th
- Cauersham 1246–7,1268,1285 Ass
- Kawersham, Cawersham 1268 ib
- Keveresham 1275–6 AD
- Causeiham, shortly caullid Causham 1542 Leland
Etymology
The first el. is the pers.n. Cāfhere , which appears in Caversfield O 204. It is impossible to say whether the second el. is hām or hamm .
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Battle Fm
- Coley
- Fobney Meadow
- Kentwood Fm, Kentwood Grove
- Norcot Fm
- Southcote Ho
- Westwood Ho, Westwood Row
- Whitley, Whitley Wood, Whitley Park Fm
Other OS name
- Circuit Lane
- Anslow's Cot
- Armour
- Ashcroft
- Ayres Fm
- Back Lane
- Balmore
- Beech Wd
- Beecham Hill
- Bird in Hand P.H.
- Blagrave Recreation Ground
- Blake's Bridge
- Blundell's Copse
- Broadoak
- Calcot Hanger, Calcot Rise
- Caversham Bridge
- Caversham Heights, Caversham Hill, Caversham Mill
- Caversham Place Park
- Caversham Rise
- Chalk Pit Hill
- Churchend
- Churchend Copse, Churchend Lane
- Circuit Lane
- The Clappers
- Cockney Hill
- Coley Park
- The Common
- Comparts Plantation
- Coombe Bank
- Cow Lane
- Emmer Green
- Ford's Fm
- Fry's Island
- Furzeplatt
- Gipsy Lane
- Goddard's Fm
- Gravel Hill
- Greenlands
- Grenadier P.H.
- Grey's Fm
- Grove Fm, Grove Hill, Caversham Grove
- Grove Ho
- Grovelands
- The Gutter
- Hemdean Bottom, Hemdean Ho
- Hill Side
- Home Fm
- Honeyend Fm
- Horncastle
- Ivy House Fm
- Juniper Pit
- King's Mead
- Leighton Park School
- Little Johns
- Little Lea Fm
- Longbarn Lane
- Long Lane
- Lousehill Copse
- Manor Fm
- Mansion Ho
- Marshall's Hill
- Merry Maidens P.H.
- Milkmaid's Bridge
- Mockbeggar
- Monksbarn
- The Moor
- The Mount
- New Town
- Norris Fm
- Oakland Hall
- Oak Tree Fm
- Palmer Park
- Park Cottages
- Park Fm, Park Lane
- Pegsgreen Lane
- Penhams Shaw
- Pepper Lane
- Prospect Park
- Prospectpark Cottages
- Roebuck Hotel
- Rookery Pond
- Rope Way
- Rosehill, Rosehill Cottage
- Round Copse
- St. Anne's Well
- St. Benet's Home
- St. John's Cottages
- St. Mary's Hill
- Scours Lane
- Shipnell's Cottages
- Southcote Cottages and Manor Fm
- Southern Hill
- Stoneham Copse, Stoneham Ho
- Surley Row
- Toot's Fm
- The Warren, Warren Ho, Warren Towers
- Westgrove
- Westwood Fm, Westwood Kiln
- Whitley Ho
- Woodside Cottages
- World Turned Upside Down P.H.
Major Settlement
Field
- Alder Mead
- Aldridge Piece
- Avenue Ground
- Back Lane
- Bank Mdw
- Barn Close
- Barnets
- Bingham Mead
- Black Jacks Fd
- Bleaching Ground Mdw
- Bridge Pightle
- Broad Close
- Broad Mead
- Broom Fd
- Bull Hern
- Bull Mdw
- Butt Close
- Calf Lease
- Calvespit Farm
- Chestnut Fd
- Church Mdw
- Cockshot Fd
- Corner Pightle
- Councils
- Cowick Mdw
- Cow Lease
- Crapinum
- Daniels Lands
- Deanes Mead
- The Devils Grandfather
- Dewell
- Dipping Pond Mdw
- Dungcroftes
- Easter Chalk Paddock
- Endhams and Mendhams
- Four Horse Shoe Fd
- Friars Crofts
- Fulbrook Mdw
- Furze Fd
- Gallows Ground
- Goslings Moor
- Grange Mdw
- Gravel Pit Fd
- Green Hill
- The Grove
- West Hadsey
- Hatch Fd
- Hill Fd
- Hogmoor
- Home Close
- Homers Mead
- Honey Lease
- Horse Hill
- Horse Race
- Inhams
- Inland Mead
- Kennet Moor
- Kiln Ground
- Lambs Leaze
- Land Mdw
- Lanterns
- The Lawn
- Lay Thrift
- Lea Common
- Leys Mdw
- Lotmore
- Manhams
- Man Moor
- Mattocks Vere
- Middle Fd
- Milking Bridge Mead
- Mill Acre
- Mislingstone
- The Moor
- Mutton Close
- New Leaze
- No Mans Common
- North Fd
- Outlet
- Ox Lease
- The Paddock
- Park
- Peggs Pit
- Peppard Park
- Picked Mead
- Pig Post
- Pigney Mdw
- Pile Fd
- Plat
- Plot
- Plots
- Plummery
- Pottmanns Brook
- Pound Fd
- Pump Fd
- Red House Fd
- Red Lane House
- Restraw Mead
- Rough Pasture
- Round Hill
- Rushey Mdw
- Rye Fd
- Sanfoin Hill
- Shipton Mdw
- Shoulder of Mutton Piddle
- Slips
- Spring Wells
- Stable Ground
- Stewards Mead
- Stoken Bridge Close
- String Mdw
- Thames Mdw
- Twelve Acres
- Turnpike Ground
- Vistley Bit
- Walkround
- The Wallet Mead
- Walnut Tree Ground
- Waterloo Fd
- Weigh Fd
- West Fd
- Wiffity Mdw
- Wood Thrift
- Appull Durst
- Ashemmeade
- Ashen Grove
- Asshurst
- Asthen Parke
- Averye
- The Back Brook
- Backinge Grove
- Banelandes
- Barcrofte
- Barlage
- Barley Hedge
- Le Barly Crofte
- Barmasefeld
- Barnardes Felde
- Barne Crofte
- Bastardescroft
- The Beare
- Le Beches Le Beache
- Beacheam Crofte
- Bechinge Grove Feld
- Bensyde Lande
- Berefeld '
- Berewerdishill
- Berrybroke
- Bottondene Feld
- La Bournemed
- Bovetowne
- Brackmansfeld
- La Breche Le Breche Breache Brechegrove Le Brechefeld
- Brewers ' Meadows
- The Brickfelde
- Brode Croft
- Brodefelde
- Brode Leys
- La Broke
- Brokenboroughe
- Bromcroftes
- Brygede ( a ) ne
- Bryghtwell
- Buddes Oke
- Bullheyse
- Burchencrofte
- Busshecroftes
- The Busshe
- Busshe Lyes
- Le Busshie Plotte
- Caldie Lane
- Calves Puddell
- Canon Mead
- Capulle
- Causam Lott
- Chakerland
- Challam
- Charlewood
- Char Mead
- Chawkesoneslandes
- Churcheclose
- Clayfield Coppices
- Clerkenewellefeld '
- Cley Close
- Cley Crofte
- Cokenden
- Cumba
- Comber Ditche
- Conscyence Crosse Lane
- Copenhulle
- Corne Raye
- Costowe
- Crockerelcrundele
- Crown-field
- Cudeford ( als Farnham )
- Cueffold
- Downe
- Le Drouelane
- Drynkepenseclose
- Dwoleslond
- Dycons Lands
- Dysshemede
- Elme Grove
- Epeland
- Erelles or Erles Wood
- Estefeld
- Estmed
- Farmers Marche
- Faryngstone
- Le Fatt
- Feldes Land
- Flapp Yate
- Le Forge Pidell
- Litill Formore
- Fortheye Fortye
- Le Foxhills
- Foxle
- Frogmarsh
- Fuelmaresfeld
- Furmustcrofte
- Fyermedowe
- Fyvemen Mede
- Gabull Loke
- Garstone
- Gerdwicke Locke
- Le Gore
- Gosewelles
- Great Ham
- Greenwell
- Grene Ende
- Grimeshole
- Groseclose
- Goldescrouchesfeld
- Hamse Stede
- Harehurst
- Hargorse
- Harterige
- Haselmere
- Hergyn Eiate Argyng Heyatt Hargyngayte
- Le Hermitage
- Hethe Croft
- Hevenemede
- Heydowne
- Heyle
- Le Heys
- Highe Feilde
- The Highway Close
- Holnesmede
- Horsecroft
- La Horsengle
- Horshott
- Lez Hundred Acr '
- La Hyde Le Hyde
- Hyghen ' sh
- Jeanecrofte
- Jovey
- Kentesput
- Kingesforlong
- Kings Pounde
- Le Lake
- Le Lane Piddell
- Langeneia
- Lawntos Lande
- La Leyshecroft
- The Litill Marsshe
- Longe Crofte
- Longemerchs
- Longeslande
- Le Longe Piddell
- Lytle Eres
- Meade Platt
- Medegrounde
- Meryhill
- La Mersche Le Mershe
- Middeldeane
- Myddelland
- Milne Barge
- Le Morizene Gardyn
- Morycrofte
- Mowe Meade
- Mulleweye
- Muxenbrok
- Mylfeld
- Mylestaks
- Mylke Close
- Mynster Mills
- Nasshes
- Nethercrofte
- Netherlands
- Netherclif Lande
- Newfield
- Northams
- Northwode
- Noue Garstone
- Nyne Crofts
- Oldelandes
- Oley Pitts
- Oselakemere
- The Ought Lands
- Overell Close
- Le Ouergrove Ouerland
- Owley
- Oxemoremed
- Oystershells Bed
- Pacchy Grove
- Parsenychefeld
- Peishame
- Perrycrofte
- Plastersgrove
- Pokefeld
- Le Poynt
- Prowefeild
- Pryors Crofte
- Pugden
- Puriham
- Pusecroft
- Pydelles
- Pycke Croft
- Pykewell
- Pytt Crofte
- Pitclose
- Redyngmede or the Abbot of Redyng Mede
- Reyley
- Le Roughe Deche
- Rudden Lane
- Rugdeane
- Rugende
- Ruggeweye
- Rushe Plate
- Rydings
- Seynt Marie Crofte
- Seynt Peters Hilles
- The Seyntury Lande
- Shepecotefelde
- Shepecrofte
- Sheremans Water
- Shorte Roge
- Smoke Acre
- Sote ( n ) ham
- Southmede
- Sowecrofte
- Spyt(t)elfeld
- Stokinge
- Stoneycrofte
- Stony Bottom
- La Stonyfeld '
- Stotescroft
- Le Strake
- Suermedowe
- Sutham
- Lez Swathe
- Tanhousmede
- Tanlock
- Tenemer Well
- Thachmed
- Thorny Mede
- West - Thorpe and Est - Thorpe
- Trolls Croft
- Twelfacres
- Tyllehouse
- Tymber Heis
- Tythridge
- Uppclose
- Varneclose
- Varyngworth Landes
- Le Veronhill
- Virge Lande
- Vruyfeld
- Wagball Hill
- Wakesham
- Walcrofta Welle Felde and Crofte
- The Weste Ende Grene
- Vuer - Westham and Nether - Westham
- West Leye
- Wheat Close
- Wheatehames
- Whethedge
- Whitley West Ende
- Whyteclose
- Wheat Croft Style
- Whytestrete
- Woodcrofte
- Wood Downe
- Woode Presse
- Le Worthe
- Widenham
- Wyke
- Wynerdfeld
- Wyneteye
- Wyvelie Mede
- Yenderland