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.

Caesar's Camp

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wimbledon

Etymology

Caesar's Camp is so named in 1825 (Cruchley). It was called Bensbury by Camden, and is to be identified with bæncesbyri (BCS 994), which was by Beverley Brook. No etymology can be suggested for this name. v. burh .