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.

Culverness Ho

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bayton

Historical Forms

  • Coluernest 1255 Ass
  • Culuernest 1305 FF
  • Culverness 1892 Kelly

Etymology

'Dove-nest,' v. culfre , cf. Crowneast infra 91.

Places in the same Parish