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 (Moss)

Other OS name in the Parish of Arncliffe

Historical Forms

  • Causeway pasture 1844 TA
  • Midcause Stone Ric2 Whit

Etymology

, Causeway pasture 1844TA , referred to also inMidcause Stone Ric 2 Whit , v. caucie ' a raised way through marshyground ' , here the mountain road from Wharfedale to Wensleydale by Kidstones Pass (infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site