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.

Kettlesborough

Other OS name in the Parish of Stoughton

Historical Forms

  • Kesborough Hill 1845 TA

Etymology

( 2 ½ ″ ) is Kesborough Hill 1845 TA , 1878 PK , 1906Surv , 1907 PK , v. berg ; if the form on the 2 O.S . map of 1951 represents an authentic tradition , then with the ON  masc. pers.n. Ketill ; otherwise the first el . is obscure .