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=Period Forms:= | =Period Forms:= | ||
Catsley - undated header form in Ekwall. | * Catsley - undated header form in Ekwall. | ||
* Catesclive from the Domesday Book. | ** Catesclive from the Domesday Book. | ||
* Cattesclive is dated 1227 FF (Feet of Fines for the County of Norfolk 1198-1202 or Feet of Fines for the County of Lincoln 1199-1216). | ** Cattesclive is dated 1227 FF (Feet of Fines for the County of Norfolk 1198-1202 or Feet of Fines for the County of Lincoln 1199-1216). | ||
Catsley - second entry in Ekwall, with the dated form Catekesle ("Catoc's leah") dated 1255. | * Catsley - second entry in Ekwall, with the dated form Catekesle ("Catoc's leah") dated 1255. | ||
Catsley as plausible variant spelling of Catesley | *Catsley as plausible variant spelling of Catesley | ||
* Cateclyffe and Catclyffe s.n. Catcliffe in A.H. Smith "The Place Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire Part 1" - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wU-Ngt8tQGjJnaly89CgKa-mPTxo1F14 | ** Cateclyffe and Catclyffe s.n. Catcliffe in A.H. Smith "The Place Names of the West Riding of Yorkshire Part 1" - https://drive.google.com/open?id=1wU-Ngt8tQGjJnaly89CgKa-mPTxo1F14 | ||
* From Watts. | ** From Watts. | ||
** | *** Catt 'a wild cat' as a prototheme, spelled *Cat*: | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n. Catford - Catford (1332) | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n. Catcliffe - Catclif(f) -clyf(f)(e) (1322-1593) | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n. Catforth - Catford (1332), Catforthe (1514) | ||
*** s.n. Catmore - Catmere (1086-1428) | |||
** | *** Genitive singular forms of Catt (var. spellings): | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n. Catsfield - Cat(t)esfeld(e) (12th-15th C) | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n. Catshill - Catshill (1427) | ||
** s.n. | *** s.n.Caston - Cattestun - ton (1191, 1194) | ||
We also can build it as surname (with or without the possessive) + generic toponym using Juliana's "Compound Placenames in English" (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacenames/). | *** -lega/-legh/-leigh/-ley as a deuterotheme, using possessives: | ||
*** s.n. Bardsley - Berdesley (1422) - this one uses a possessive | |||
*** s.n. Barnsley - Barneslai(a), -ley(a) -lay (c.1120-1597) | |||
*** s.n. East Ilsley - Illesley (1442) | |||
We also can build it as surname (with or without the possessive) + generic | |||
toponym using Juliana's "Compound Placenames in English" (http://medievalscotland.org/jes/EnglishCompoundPlacenames/). | |||
Examples: | Examples: | ||
* Bessilles Lee | *** Bessilles Lee | ||
* Squirrels Heath | *** Squirrels Heath | ||
* Ballardes Wood | *** Ballardes Wood | ||
And in fact, Watts has an example using "cat": | And in fact, Watts has an example using "cat": | ||
* s.n. Catthorpe - has the compound place name Catthorp(e) dated from 1218 (named after someone named Ysabelle le Cat/Ysabelle Chat). | *** s.n. Catthorpe - has the compound place name Catthorp(e) dated from 1218 | ||
(named after someone named Ysabelle le Cat/Ysabelle Chat). | |||
=Other Potential Sources:= | =Other Potential Sources:= | ||