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Survey of English Place-Names

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Kettlesbeck

Other OS name in the Parish of Clapham

Historical Forms

  • Ket(t)lesbeck 1596 PRClp 1771 M
  • Kecklesbecke 1625,1639 PRClp

Etymology

, Ket (t )lesbeck 1596PRClp, 1771 M, Kecklesbecke 1625, 1639 PRClp , ' Ketil's stream ' , from the ON  pers.n. Ketill and bekkr ; the spellings with Keckles - illustrate a common dial . interchange of t and k before l .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement