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.

Castlesteads

Other OS name in the Parish of Plumpton Wall

Historical Forms

  • Le Custellstede (sic) 1597 LRMB
  • Castleshields 1750 Pococke
  • Castle-Steeds 1777 NB

Etymology

is Le Custellstede (sic)1597LRMB , Castleshields 1750 Pococke,Castle -Steeds 1777 NB . It is by the site of the Roman station Voreda . Cf. Castlesteads supra 114 .