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.

Housesteads

Field in the Parish of Egremont

Historical Forms

  • Housesteads 1775 CW
  • Hussestedecroft 1294 Cl
  • House steade 1578 Cocker

Etymology

Housesteads(Hussestedecroft 1294 Cl, House steade 1578 Cocker. v. hūs, stede)