Castlesteads
Early-attested site in the Parish of Walton
Historical Forms
- the Castle steades 1589 ExchKR
- Castlesteeds 1599 CWxi
- Castlesteeds 1606 Ct
- neere unto Brampton 1618 Naworth
- in Irthington 1671 Fleming
Etymology
It includes the site of a camp on the Roman Wall. v. stede . The Romano-British name was Vxellodvnvm (v. Appendix). Cf. Castlesteads (infra 234).