Catfoss
Major Settlement in the Parish of Sigglesthorne
Historical Forms
- Catefos 1086 DB 1260 Rental 1324 Ch
- Catefoss(e) 12th Nunkeel 1281 Ebor 1285 KI 1295 Pat
- Catefossa 1156,1173 YCh186,197
- Catafossa 1145–53 LeonardN
- Catfosse, Katfosse 12th Nunkeel 1296 YI 1602 FF
- Katfose c.1265 KF
- Cattefosse 1347 Test
Etymology
Catfoss and Catwick (infra 73), which are a mile and a half apart, probably contain the same first element, and if this is a pers. name, as seems likely from the variation between Catte - and Catting - in the spellings of Catwick, they are probably named from the same man, Catta (cf. Catton infra 186). 'Catta 's ditch,' from foss (v. Foss Beck supra 3).