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.

Caphays Dairy, Caphays Drove

Other OS name in the Parish of Folke

Historical Forms

  • Capheys (Mede) 1557,1559 Prideaux
  • Caphays Knap 1811 OS

Etymology

, Capheys (Mede )1557, 1559Prideaux , Caphays Knap 1811 OS , v. mǣd , cnæpp ; the first part of the name may be a surname , or from cape ' a look-out place ' and (ge)hæg ' enclosure ' or hǣs ' brushwood ' , cf. also caplane 1569–74Map .