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.

Causeway

Other OS name in the Parish of Windermere

Historical Forms

  • Casey 1625 PR(K)
  • Cawser 1706 Ct
  • Causey 1838 TA 1859 OS

Etymology

, Casey 1625 PR(K), Cawser 1706Ct , Causey 1838TA , 1859OS , v. caucie ' a raised way ' , cf. Road IV ( i , 20 supra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name