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.

Castley

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Castelhou 1220–50 Cockers
  • Castlehow 1843 TA

Etymology

, 1621PR , Castelhou 1220–50 Cockers, Castlehow 1843TA , ' hill with afortification ' , v. castel , haugr ; since no trace of a fort remains it may allude to the heaps of boulders on Castley Knotts , which may have been thought to resemble a castle ruin .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement