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.

Cage End

Other OS name in the Parish of Hatfield Broad Oak

Historical Forms

  • Mosebrook 1442 Rental
  • Moosbrokestret(e) 1460 WAM

Etymology

is the name of a street formerly called Mosebrook (1442Rental ), Moosbrokestret (e ) (1460WAM ) or Mushbrook Street ( F . W . G . ) ( v. Mus Brook supra 9 ) . ' TheCage , ' or local prison , stood at the bottom of this street ( F . W . G . ) .