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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.

Cases Orchd

Field in the Parish of Melbury Osmond

Historical Forms

  • 1838 TA
  • iuxta le Cawsewey 1580 Ilch

Etymology

Cases Orchd(perhaps to be associated with(land) iuxta le Cawsewey 1580,v. cauce, weg, cf. Picketts Wd infra)

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement