Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Kemp Ditch or Camp Ditch 1692 Wheat

• a cussen Dich there called Kempe Ditch 1693 ib

• Roman Ridge 1841 O.S.

Etymology

, Kemp Ditch or Camp Ditch 1692 Wheat, a cussen Dich there called Kempe Ditch 1693 ib, Roman Ridge 1841 O.S. , referring to the more westerly of the two Roman Ridges (176, 183supra ) , which runs to the Roman encampment at Wincobank (supra ) ; it once formed part of the northern boundary of Sheffield ( 1841 O.S. ) ; Kemp Ditche means ' warrior ditch ' v. cempa ( ME  kempe ) , dīc ; a cussen dich is ' a cast-up ditch ' from YW dial . cussen , pa . pt . of cast ' tocast, throw up earth from a ditch ' ( cf. EDD s.v . ) .