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.

Kettles Wood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Frankley

Etymology

From the pers. name Ketel frequent in the Court Rolls from 1271 to 1307 and found in the Subsidy Rolls for 1275 and 1327.This pers. name is of Scand. origin.

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement