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.

Caister Ness

Other OS name in the Parish of Caister next Yarmouth

Historical Forms

  • Caisternesse 1355 Cl
  • Caster-Ness 1708 Seller
  • Nessa 1086 DB

Etymology

, Caisternesse 1355 Cl,Caster -Ness 1708 Seller , off Yarmouth ; v. nes 2 ; Charles Green ( NfA 34 , 1966 : 2 – 8 ) identified Nessa 1086 DB with Caister Ness , but local historians are now inclined to believe that this Domesday form refers to Mautbyness ; v. under Mautby field - names ( b ) infra .