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.

Higher Kerse

Early-attested site in the Parish of South Milton

Historical Forms

  • atte Karsen 1330 SR
  • atte Carse 1333 SR

Etymology

'at the cress place,' the earlier form representing the weak plural, cf. supra 130.

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement