English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

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Caphouse

Other OS name in the Parish of Thornhill

Historical Forms

  • The Carre 1644 WillY

Etymology

, 1582, 1633 PRThl , probably a surname Cap (p ) ( Reaney 60 ) , hūs The Carrs , The Carre 1644 WillY , cf. also Wmfraykerre , le Myrikerre 1294 YD vi ( from the pers. n. Humphrey and miry ) , v. kjarr ' marsh ' .

Places in the same Parish

Other OS name

Early-attested site

Major Settlement