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.

Castle Naze

Other OS name in the Parish of Chapel en le Frith

Historical Forms

  • Castle Naes 1650 ParlSurv
  • Castlenaze 1662 ParReg

Etymology

, Castle Naes 1650ParlSurv , Castlenaze 1662ParReg , v. castel(l) , næss , castle here referring to a nearby encampment .