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

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatherleigh

Historical Forms

  • Carswill 1303 FA 1330 SR

Etymology

is Carswill 1303 FA, 1330SR (p) . ' Cress spring , ' v. wielle .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement