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.

Kakeshirne

Field in the Parish of Repps with Bastwick

Historical Forms

Kakeshirne 1466 Field

Cakes Hirne 1572 Field

Cakes Close 1572 Field

Etymology

Kakeshirne 1466, Cakes Hirne, Cakes Close 1572(probably a pers.n.,v. Reaney s.n. Cake, and hyrne)

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Major Settlement