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.

Catshole

Other OS name in the Parish of Chudleigh

Historical Forms

  • Catteshole 1330 SR
  • Catshole 1663 Recov

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Catteshole 1330SR (p), Catshole 1663Recov . ' Hollow of the wild cat , ' v. holh .