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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.

Camsil ( l )

Field in the Parish of Theddingworth

Historical Forms

  • Camsil ( l ) 1601 Terrier
  • Campsell 1690 Terrier
  • Short Campshill 1696 Map
  • Camsil feild 1674 Terrier
  • Campshill feild 1674 Terrier

Etymology

Camsil (l) 1601, Campshill 1679, 1703, 1706, Campsell 1690, Short Campshill 1696, Camsil feild, Campshill feild 1674 (v. feld; one of the great open - fields, also called Knannels fyelde, supra) (v. camb, hyll)