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.

Keld

Early-attested site in the Parish of Grinton

Historical Forms

Appeltrekelde 1301 LS

Keld(e) 1538 Riev 1577 Saxton

Etymology

'Spring near the appletree' from OE æppeltrēow and kelda.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement