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.

Kerswell

Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadhembury

Historical Forms

  • Carseuilla 1086 DB(Exon)
  • Carsewelle
  • Karswille 1201 FF

Etymology

'Cress spring,' v. cærs , wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement