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.

Catson Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of Otterton

Historical Forms

Kattesden 1196,c.1280 Oliver

Etymology

is Kattesden 1196, c. 1280 Oliver 258 . Probably ' (wild) cat's valley , ' v. denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Otterton