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.

Castingley

Early-attested site in the Parish of Wakefield

Historical Forms

  • Caskinglay 13 YDxii,259
  • High Castingley 1653,1676 Tayl
  • Cassingley 1572,1650 WCR

Etymology

Castingley (lost), Caskinglay 13 YD xii, 259, High Castingley 1653, 1676 Tayl, Cassingley 1572, 1650WCR , Cassingley close 1775 (Tythe Book ).The first el. is obscure but it could be an adaptation of ME  kasteyne , ONFr  castaine 'chestnut', v. lēah .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site