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 Rings

Other OS name in the Parish of West Parley

Historical Forms

  • The Castle Rings 1839 TA

Etymology

, The Castle Rings 1839TA , cf. Castle Copse & Castle Wd 1839ib , Castle (East ) Cl 1837ib (Hampreston) , named from the ramparts of the earthwork at Duds Bury supra , v. castel(l) , hring .