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.

Castle Camps and Shudy Camps

Major Settlement in the Parish of Castle and Shudy Camps

Historical Forms

  • Campes 1086 ICC 1578 BM
  • Campis t.Ric1 Cur
  • Kampes 1218,1233 FF 1285 Ass
  • Champes 1268 Ass
  • Camps 1331 FF
  • Campus 1345 CWool
  • Campys 1433 FF
  • Cāpas, Canpas 1086 DB
  • Caunpes 1428 FA
  • Chaumpes 1231 FF
  • Caumpes, Kaumpes 1218 SR 1428 FA
  • Kaumpis 1343 FF
  • Cawmpes 1462–3 Pat
  • Camp(e) 1260 Ass 1298 Ass
  • Caump(e) 1263 Ipm 1378 SR
  • Comp(e)s 1298 Ass 1416 ADiii 1417 Cl 1633 Will

Etymology

OE  campas , 'fields or enclosures,' v. camp .

Places in the same Parish

None