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.

Kettlewell Cam

Other OS name in the Parish of Kettlewell

Historical Forms

  • Cham 1663 Glebe
  • Cam 1764 ib

Etymology

, 'a summer pasturecalled Cham ' 1663Glebe , Cam 1764 ib , v. camb ' crest of a hill,ridge ' .