Keswick
Major Settlement in the Parish of Keswick
Historical Forms
- Kesewic c.1240 Fountains
- Kesewyk 1266 Pat 1279,1292 Ass 1403 Pat
- Kesewik in Derewentfelles 1276 Ch
- Chesewyk' 1285 For
- Keswyk 1383 Ass 1383 GDR
- Keswycke 1550 FF
- Keswick 1589 FF
- Kesswicke 1648 PR(Greystoke)
- Kesilwyk al. Kesewik 1489 Pat
- Kestwyk 1502 CWxvi
- Casewyke 1530 FF
- Kyswyke 1563 PR(Crosth)
- Keesweck 1580 Border
Etymology
This is OAnglian cēse-wīc, 'cheese wīc,' with an initial K - perhaps due to Scandinavian influence, as in Keswick (Nf), East Keswick (WRY) and Casewick (L). Outside Scandinavian territory, in Cheswick (Nb), which contains the same OAnglian cēse , and in Chiswick (PN Mx 88–9, PN Ess 522), which contain West Saxon *cīese , cȳse , the initial has remained unaltered.