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.

The Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Cottenham

Historical Forms

  • Calcetu' de Cotenham 1272 FF

Etymology

is Calcetu 'de Cotenham 1272FF , calcetum being the Latin term for a causeway .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement