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Cassia Green & Cassia Lodge

Other OS name in the Parish of Over & Whitegate

Historical Forms

  • Cassia Green 1681 Sheaf 1842 OS
  • Acasia Lodge 1831 Bry

Etymology

[ kɛːʃə ] , Cassia Green 1681 Sheaf, 1842 OS,Acasia Lodge 1831 Bry , v. grēne 2 , loge . Similar forms are Casha Bank20supra , Cassia Fd 325infra . The origin may be a ME  formCatteshagh or Catteshalgh ' wild-cat's wood or nook ' , from catt , catte and sc(e)aga or halh .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site