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
- Kentwood Fm, Kentwood Grove
- Norcot Fm
- Southcote Ho
- Westwood Ho, Westwood Row
- Whitley, Whitley Wood, Whitley Park Fm
- Battle Fm
- Coley
- Fobney Meadow
Other OS name
- Circuit Lane
- Anslow's Cot
- Armour
- Ayres Fm
- Back Lane
- Balmore
- Beech Wd
- Beecham Hill
- Bird in Hand P.H.
- Blagrave Recreation Ground
- Blake's Bridge
- Blundell's Copse
- 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
- Comparts Plantation
- Coombe Bank
- Cow Lane
- Emmer Green
- Ford's Fm
- Fry's Island
- Furzeplatt
- Gipsy Lane
- Goddard's Fm
- Gravel Hill
- Greenlands
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Toot's Fm
- The Warren, Warren Ho, Warren Towers
- Westgrove
- Westwood Fm, Westwood Kiln
- Whitley Ho
- Woodside Cottages
- World Turned Upside Down P.H.
- Ashcroft
- Broadoak
- The Common
- Grenadier P.H.
- Juniper Pit
- Monksbarn
- Prospectpark Cottages
- Surley Row