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.

Cautley

Other OS name in the Parish of Sedbergh

Historical Forms

  • Cawtley(e) 1574,1603 PR 1655 WillS
  • Cawteley 1649 PRDnt
  • Co(w)tley 1661 PR

Etymology

, Cawtley (e )1574, 1603 PR, 1655 WillS, Cawteley 1649 PRDnt,Co (w )tley 1661 PR , possibly ME  cautell ' trick, crafty device ' ( as , for instance , a device for catching fish ) , v. lēah ' clearing ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement