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.

Kerswell Green

Early-attested site in the Parish of Kempsey

Historical Forms

  • Chirswell 1182 RBB 18th
  • Kereswell 1208 Fees37
  • Kereswell juxta Kemeseye 1309 FF 1347 Pat 1419 IpmR 1548 Pat
  • Kers(e)well 1275 1613 QSR 1649 Surv
  • Keyreswell 1471 IpmR
  • Caswell 1772 T 1789 Gough

Etymology

'Cress-grown spring,' v. cærse , wielle .