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.

Carr Lane

Other OS name in the Parish of Cottingham

Historical Forms

  • Carcause c.1325 Dugd

Etymology

( 6 ″ ) is Carcause c. 1325 Dugd , from kiarr and ME cause ' causey , a raised way ( especially across a marsh or the like ) . '