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.

Cage

Other OS name in the Parish of Dent

Etymology

, 1617 FF , 1648 PR , e.ModE  cage ' a prison for petty offenders, a lock-up ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement