Cawston
Major Settlement in the Parish of Cawston
Historical Forms
- Caustune, Caustuna, Castune, Caustona, Castona, Cauestuna, Caustituna, Caupstuna, Caluestune, Gaustuna 1086 DB
- Cauestona 1121 AD
- Chaustun 1158 P
- Causton 1159etfreqto1242 P 1200 FineR 1212,1219,1242–3 Fees 1229,1264,1309 Ch 1234,1241,1331 Cl 1244 Binh 1250,1257 Ass 1256to1309 Ipm 1257etfreqto1549 Pat 1275 RH 1302 Fine 1311 Orig 1316 FA 1319 FF 1495 AD
- Chauston 1160,1161,1230 P
- Caustona 1168,1173,1175 P
- Cawaeston 1198–99 Fees
- Kaustun 1222 Pat
- Kaweston 1225 Cur
- Caueston 1225 Cur
- Kauston 1232 FF 1242,1243 Cl
- Calveston 1234 FF
- Calueston 1250 Ass
- Caustone 1250,1269,1286 Ass 1254–75 Val 1314 Ipm
- Caustun 1252 Cl
- Caweston c.1300 Bromh
- Cauxston 1420 BM
Etymology
The predominant spelling for this name, from its earliest evidence, is Causton , which has been explained as a development from the genitive of the OScand pers.n. Kalfr and OE tūn, i.e. *Kalves tūn , a form preserved as Caluestune in DB and at least twice later, Calveston 1234, Calueston 1250 (v. the article ON Kálfr , ODan, OSwed Kalf in Insley 243). The vocalization of -al - to -au - is a well-known AN development, evidenced for instance in Mautby for earlier Malteby (v. PN Nf II 10).
Cawston is a large parish. Like the neighbouring parish of Aylsham, with which it has interesting historical parallels, not yet fully explored, it was a complex manor already in 1086. Cawston town is situated in the western part of the parish, in medieval times surrounded by four or more open fields. The eastern part of the parish is on poorer soils. In a recent article C. Barringer (1996) shows that, in sixteenth-century Cawston, a tenemental organisation in units called “tofts”, similar to the one noted in Aylsham by Joan Turville-Petre (v. supra ), was applied. Such a “toft” system was earlier noted in Martham, West Flegg Hundred, by Barbara Cornford (1993).
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
Other OS name
- Beerhouse Farm
- Bluestone Hall
- Bluestone Lodge
- Bluestone Plantation
- Booton Lane
- Botany Bay Farm
- Cawston Grove
- Cawston Heath
- Cawston Wood
- Church Farm
- Church Lane
- Craft Lane
- Crow Hall
- Deadman's Hill
- Dix's Farm
- Docking Farm
- Docking Plantation
- Eastgate
- Graytoft
- Green Lane
- Hall Farm
- Haveringland Hall
- High Plantation
- High Street
- Hill Farm
- Hundred Acre Plantation
- Larch Plantation
- Malthouse Farm
- Manor House
- Marsh Plantation
- Middle Clump
- Moathill
- Nelly's Folly
- New Street
- Nine Acre Plantation
- North Belt
- Quebec Farm
- Rookery Clump
- Round Plantation
- Smuggler's Hole
- Southgate Bridge
- Top Clump
- White House
- White House Farm
- Wood Farm
- Woodrow Farm
Field
- Aylsham Beck
- Back Lane Pightle
- Batches
- Beck Meadow
- Beech Marsh
- Black Bridge Close
- Black Bridge Plantation
- Bluestone Breck
- Botany Bay
- Boyes Eight Acres
- Chapel Yards
- Chequers Pightle
- Clamp Close
- Claypit Breck
- Claypit Field
- Clay Pits
- Comers Meadow
- Coney Hill Breck
- Crabb 's Gap
- Deadmans Hill
- Dix 's Plantation
- Dole
- Dovehouse Close
- Duel Stone Piece
- Dukes Loke
- Eastons Pightle
- Fairstead
- Falling Gate
- The Fiddlers
- Fillwell
- Foxburrows
- Furze Close
- Furze Meadow
- Goose pie
- Grant 's Twelve Acres
- Gravel Pit Close
- Harlings
- Harts Meadow
- High Wood
- The Hoddens
- Horse Pit Breck
- The Hyrne
- The Lost Close
- Low Grounds
- Millhill
- Mill Pightle
- Mingay 's
- Moat Hill Plantation
- Muckle Moor
- New Moor 's End
- Partridge Pightle
- Pigs Garden
- Pin Hill
- Pump Close
- Race Close
- Ringlands
- Rummer 's Hill
- Rushpit Breck
- Rye Breck
- Sall 's Ash
- Sawpit Close
- Smallage
- Smugglers Hole
- Southgate Meadow
- Spout Hill Plantation
- Spring Pit Close
- Swamp
- Thistle Breck
- Well Pightle
- Westby Close
- Wiggetts
- Wood Close
- Woodlane Pightle
- Woodrow Field
- Abbestyle
- ( apud ) Abbys
- Aldercarre
- Alvington Street
- Bookwelle
- Brickkiln Yard
- Bromhous
- Bromhoushyrne
- Bryggespyghtell
- Bullyesbrygge
- Bullynghisgate
- ( regiam viam vocat ' ) Bullyslane
- Bullysslad
- Bygmanneslane
- Caukewell
- Clementesreyd
- Cloyslane
- Codemerewelle
- Crakesloth
- Culmilles
- Donnescroft
- Echys lane
- Eluespitt
- Esseresgrene
- Estgategrene
- Fallyng
- Falingmedwe
- Fallynghous
- Fynyngbregge
- Galter
- Gerberdewode
- Jerbridge Parke
- Grenehow
- Grove Pightle
- Gunnescroft
- Halleslede
- Halleyate
- Harepyte
- Heggeslane
- Hermaneslane
- Hermannespitt
- Heryng corte
- Hitesgate
- le Ilde
- Jelycokkes
- Kyppynges
- Kyrkegatefeld
- Lampittis
- Lampythole
- Lathegres
- le latheyerd
- le lede
- Leperyslane
- ( in campo vocat ) Lound
- ( boscum vocatum ) Lynnwood
- Malburn hurne
- Market
- Mellegate
- Mill field
- Moodredepytell
- ( a common called ) Moltesgrene
- Mucklemere Pitt
- Northgate
- Pennesdufhous
- Peyntyngmedwe
- Pondcroft
- Popesgapp
- Pouuescros
- Prynces
- Pynchow
- Queens close
- Quenesford
- le Quenespond
- Russhemer
- Russhmerecroft
- Russhemerewong
- le Ryde
- ( land called ) Scutts
- Sekylmore
- le Shepecote
- Skyppynges
- Smythygate
- Southaghe
- Sowthawelane
- Southhawe Field
- Southawe Wood
- Southwode
- Sparryd
- Sperweslane
- Sterlyngescroftesend
- Stokinggate
- ( pictellum inclus ' vocat ' ) Stykehors
- Suthmedwe
- Sykhous
- Tebbeslane
- Terpytweye
- Thirsis grene
- Thurkildes
- Tunbuskesend
- Twaytyng
- Watermylle
- Watermyllelane
- Watteslane
- Waufen
- Welhous
- Welhow
- le Westfeld
- Whytyng
- Wolcyesgren ( e )
- Wyndemyllefeld
- Wyndmyllehyll
- Windmill hill field
- Wodegate
- Wodegatecroft
- Woodgate Field
- Yngwortheyerd