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.

Kelsey

Other OS name in the Parish of Burstwick

Historical Forms

  • Kel(e)say 1304,1305 BevAct

Etymology

is Kel (e )say 1304, 1305 BevAct(p) . Possibly not of local origin , but named from some man who came from Kelsey (L) .