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.

South Kelsey

Major Settlement in the Parish of South Kelsey

Historical Forms

  • Sudkeleseia 1177,1204 P
  • Sudkelesia 1199 1218 Ass
  • Sud Keles' 1206 ib
  • Sudkeles 1236–37 RRG
  • Sudkelsey eHy3 Gilb 1409
  • Sudkelleshay 1271–72 Ass
  • Sudkellesey 1276 Ipm
  • Suthkeleseye 1190 Dugdvi 1301 RAiv a1218 Pat 1236 RSu 1280 Pat 1345
  • Suthkelesey 1226 Fees
  • Suthkeleseie 1196 ChancR
  • Suthkelesia 1219 Ass
  • Suthkelese 1265 Pat
  • Suthkelesey 1317–18 RAx 1378 Pat 1461 Fine
  • Suthkelesheye 1276 RH
  • Sutkelesey 1242–43 Fees
  • Sutkelesay 1270 Misc
  • Suthkellis' 1219 Fees
  • Suthkelleseye 1262 Ipm 1264 RRGr 1271 Pat 1272 FF 1391 Pat
  • Suth Kelleseye 1263 FF 1276 Cl 1295 RSu 1298 Ipm 1328 Banco
  • Suth Kellesey 1303 Cl
  • Suthkellesey 1392 Pat
  • Suthkellesay 1273 RRGr 1295 Ass 1343 NI
  • Suthkellesaye 1332 SR
  • Suth Kellesay 1346 FA
  • Suth Celeseya 1275 RH
  • South Kelleseye 1326 Pat 1331 Cl 1332,1349,1358,1380,1382 Pat
  • Southkelleseye 1337 Fine 1348 Cl 1353 Pat 1353 Orig 1355 Pat 1408–9 RRep
  • Sowthekellsey 1542–43 AD
  • South Kellsey 1657 Rad
  • Southkelseye 1327 SR 1353 Ipm 1361 Pat 1362 BPR 1384 Fine 1400 Pat
  • South Kelsey 1303 FA 1317 Inqaqd 1402,1428 FA
  • South Kelsey alias Southkellsay 1495 Pat 1610 Speed
  • Southkelsey 1353 Inqaqd 1400 Pat 1498 Ipm 1547 Monson
  • Sowthkelsey 1554,1566 Pat
  • Sowth Kelsey 1634 VisitN
  • Southkelsay 1332 SR 1350 Cor 1362 BPR 1373 Cl 1383 Peace 1389 Cl 1416 Pat
  • Southkelsaye 1539–40 Dugdiv
  • South Kelsay 1424 Pat 1431 FA 1472 WillsPCC
  • Sowthekelsay 1542 Monson

Etymology

For further forms and for a discussion of the etymology of Kelsey, v. North Kelsey PN L 2180.