CATTI PLACE NAMES IN HOME COUNTIES 397

"CATTI" PLACE AND ETHNIC NAMES EVIDENCING PHOENICIAN
PENETRATION AND CIVILIZATION IN THE HOME COUNTIES,

MIDLANDS, North of ENGLAND & SCOTLAND

THE further details of the "Catti" series of Place, River and Ethnic Names referred to in Chapter XV are here recorded.

In the Home Counties, Midlands and the North of England we find the following series of old Catti names evidencing Phoenician penetration and civilization.

Middlesex :

Herts:

Bucks:

Oxford:

Hatt-on, on the Gade or Colne (?Gioln) River, which entered
the Thames at Bushey and Kingston, with its Bronze
Age remains.1

Cats Hill, on Lea River below Had-ham, on Roman
Erming Street continuation of Stane Street.

Cater-lough, near Camber-low, with Bronze Age remains. '
Cotter-ed, S.E. of Baldock, with Bronze Age remains at
adjoining Camberlow above.

Cad-well, near Pirt-on, with Stone Age remains, on
Icknield Way (or Street) in Cashio Hundred.
Codd-ing-ton, near Luton, on Upper Verulam R.
Coddi-cot and "Coddi-cot Street," in Cashio Hundred.
Gade River, which joins Colne at Cassio-bury (seat of
Earl of Essex) above Scotch Hill.

Gad-bridge, on Gade R., at Hemel Hempsted.

Gaddes-den, on Gade R., above latter, with Bronze Age remains.

Gates-bury Mill, on Rib rivulet.

Hat-field on Lea, with Bronze Age remains (2, 123, 133).
Had-ley Wood, near Enfield.

Had-ham, on Ash River, above Cat's Hill.

Hoddes-don, on Lea.

Cad-mer End, near Ackham-stead.

Cots-low Hundred.

Chad-well Hill, near Risborough.

Ched-ing-ton, on Sca-brook, at Ivinghoe.

Cudd-ing-ton, on North Thames, with Briton coins."

Chit-wood, near Barton, S. W. of Buckingham.

Chots-bury, west of Great Berkhamsted.

Godd-erd, adjoining Cadmer End.

Godd-ing-ton, near Chit-wood.

Whadd-on Chase, with Briton coins.

Chad-ling-ton Hundred, and Chad-ling-ton, on Thames, near Akeman Street, with prehistoric barrows and earthworks."

Gat-hampton, at Goring on Thames.

B. C. Windle, Remains of Prehistoric Age in England, 106.
Ibid.. 105.
Ibid., 105, at Westwick Row.
Evans, op. cit., 299, 421. 6 Ibid., 57, 61, 65, etc., 421.

Ibid. 104.

Windle, op. cit., 106, 243.

Oxford (contd.): Cuddes-den, with old bishop's palace (2, 30).

Berks:

Bedford:

Northampton :

Huntingdon :

Cambridge:

Lincoln :

God-stow.

Kidd-ing-ton, near Akeman Street.

Shut-ford, near Henley, with prehistoric barrows.'
Cats-grove, near Reading (1, 232).

Chudd-le-worth and parish (1, 229).

"

Chute Causeway, on Roman" road to Wansborough camp (1, 228).

Yatten-den, with Bronze Age remains'.

Cadd-ing-ton and parish, near Dunstable, adjoining
Watling Street (2, 57) with Stone Age remains.

Cad-bury Lane, near old "camp" and Keysoe.

Cotton End, S.E. of Bedford.

Cutts, east of Caddington.

Good-wick Green, near Cad-bury Lane.

Shit-ling-ton, near Pirton and Barton, near Icknield Way.
Cates-by, on Avon (2, 267).

Cotter-stoke, with Roman remains (2, 286).
Cot-ton, east of Addington, with prehistoric
earthworks.

camp"

Cott-ing-ham, near Rockingham, on Roman" Welland
Way.

Gad-ing-ton or Geddington, ancient royal seat (2, 281).
Gedd-ing-ton, on Avon, with royal castle of Edward Í.
(2, 268).

Goth-am (2, 268).

Ketter-ing, adjoining Gadington and near Burton (2, 268). Hadd-on, near Watling Street, north of Pytchley (see p. 204) and Burton Latimer.

"

Cat-worth, on Roman" road to Leicester (2,256).
God-manchester, on Erming Street, near Huntingdon, with
Offord Cluny to S.W.

Gidd-ing or Ged-ing (2, 256).

Cot-ton, near Cottonham at Cambridge, on road to
Oxford (2, 226).

Chatt-eris, near Somers-ham Ferry, with tradition of
Some British King," 2, 235, and remains of Early
Iron Agc.

Cott-en-ham, at Cambridge (2, 226).

Ged-ney Hill (2, 241).

Whittle-sea, with Bronze Age remains.

Ketes-by, near Ormsby (2, 383).

Cade-by, near latter (2, 383).

Cats-cove, near Gedney (2, 342).

Ged-ney and parish and hill, with Roman remains (2, 342).
Cotes, Great-, on Humber, near Grimsby, with Somer-

Cotes on coast.

Cot-ham (2, 386).

Cattle-by, adjoining Burdon Pedwardine, (2, 355).

Cad-ney, on old river mouth south of Barton on Humber.

Codd-ing-ton, at Newark, off the Fosse Way.

Chater River, tributary of Weland (2, 352).

Gout-by, near Wragley.

Hatt-on, near Wragley and Goutby.

Hath-er, near Burdon Pedwardine (2, 355).

Windle, of. cit., toб.
Ibid., 61.

Ibid., 104.

Ibid., 61.

▲ Ibid., 240.

Ibid., 104.

CATTI PLACE NAMES IN PROVINCES

399

"

Lincoln (contd.): Along the pre-Roman canal of “ Cares-dyke" from Peterboro' to Lincoln there occur the following" Catti names along its course (2, 351) :—

Yorks:

Durham :

Catte-rick, on Swale, with prehistoric "dyke," on
Watling Street.

Catter-dale, in Wensley-dale, with fine bronze sword and
sheath with iron blade.'

Caude-well or Cawde-welle, with ancient ruins and camp (3, 337, 338).

"

Cott-ing-ham, on Hull River (3, 247).

Gates-hill, near Knaresborough, with prehistoric earthworks (3, 295).

Goath-land, with prehistoric barrows."

Geth-ling of Bede', modern "Gilling" (3, 257).

Sett-le, with Stone and Bronze Age remains in Victoria
Cave."

Hutt-on, Craneswick, with prehistoric barrows."

Hot-ham Cave, with Bronze Age remains.

Hat-field, associated with a Caed-walla, king of the
Britons (3, 272-3).

Hett-on, with prehistoric remains.

Northumberland: Cat-leugh, with prehistoric earthworks.

Nottingham:

Leicester:

Stafford :
Derby:
Warwick:

Rutland:

Norfolk :

Suffolk:

Chatt-on and Chatton Law, with prehistoric barrows, earthworks and circles. 10

Gates-head.

Cott-on, on Trent.

Goth-am, near Barton, on Upper Trent.

Ged-ling, near Nottingham, on branch of Trent.
Cat-thorpe, on Avon.

Cottes-batch, on Watling Street, at junction with Fosse
Way.

Cotes, adjoining Barton, on River Soar.

Cade-by, with chalybeate spring, near Ashby-de-la-Zouch
(2, 305).

Cats Hill, near Watling Street, with tumulus (2, 503).
Cats Stone, great monolith, on Stanton Moor (2, 424).
Chads-hurst, the Ceds-le-hurst of Domesday Book
(2, 450).

Kett-on, on Chater River, above Stamford.
Cat-mose Vale or

Goad-by (2, 319).

"

'Plain of the Catti,"11 (2, 325).

God-wick (2, 180; 201).

Eaton, with Bronze Age remains.11

Sito-magus, Roman fort, with Roman remains at Wulpitt

(2, 165).

Codd-en-ham, with Briton coins."

Had-leigh, adjoining above and near Breten-ham (2, 165).

Essex :

Somerset :

Gloster:

Worcester :

Shrops:

Cat-wade, on Stowe, near Hedingham (2, 136-7).

Chad-well, near Romford, with prehistoric barrows1 and
Bronze Age remains.❜

Hat-field Broad Oak, with Bronze Age remains (2, 133).
Had-stock, with Briton coins.

1 Evans, op. cit., 159.

Hed-ing-ham, with Briton coins and early Saxon
remains (2, 137).

Cat-cot, on Polden Hill, with Burtle Moor adjoining, with
Bronze Age remains.

Cat-cott, on River Brue, below Glastonbury.

Cad-bury, N. of Sutton Montis, with hill and castle and prehistoric" camp," and Roman remains, and

tradition of Camelot of the Arthur legend (1, 78, 91–2). Cad-bury Camp, near Tickenham, with prehistoric earthworks.

Cad-bury Camp, near Yatton, N. of Barton, with earthworks.

Chat-worthy, on Brendon Hill.

Chedd-ar and Cheddar Cliff, on Mendip Hills, below Barton and Priddy, with Neolithic and Bronze Age remains10 (1, 108).

Ched-zoy, in Parret Vale, near Chid-ley Moat, with Roman Remains. (1, 99).

Chid-ley,

(1, 98).

near Bridgwater, with Roman remains

Chut-on, near Glastonbury (1, 82).

Col-helston, in Quantock Hills, with Bronze Age remains11 (I, 97).

Cut-combe and parish, on Bredon Hill (1, 90).

Goat-hurst and parish, in Parret Vale (1, 97).

Goat Hill village, at Millborne Port.

God-ney and God-ney Moor, at Glastonbury, with
tradition of Joseph of Arimathea (1, 82).
Hutt-on, near Burton, w. of Axbridge.
Yatt-on, N.W. of latter.

Cotes in Cotswold, with ancient earthworks (1, 413).
Cottes-wold Hills, modern "Cotswold (1, 379, 383).
Ched-worth, N. of Cirencester, with Roman remains and
barrows (1, 412).

Goth-ering-ton, with prehistoric earthworks and barrows
(1, 407).

God-win Castle or "Painswick (Punic or Poenig ?)
Beacon," with prehistoric barrows and Roman relics. 13
Sod-bury, with prehistoric earthworks. 13

Cothe-ridge, west of Worcester, with Bredi-cott.

Gad-bury Bank, w. of Eldersfield, with prehistoric
earthworks."

Kidd Hill, on Severn, near Pirton and Barton.
Kidd-er-minster.

Chat-ford, at Condover, with Eaton Mascot, in Combrook
Dale of Severn.

Quatt and Quatt-ford, on Severn, on opposite bank to
Sid-bury.

Chett-on, on pass into Severn Valley, opposite Quatt.

Evans, op. cit., 63, 344.

7 Ibid.. 245.

12 Ibid., 234.

Ibid, 104.
Ibid., 271, 422.

Ibid., 245.

13 Ibid., 234.

• Ibid., 245.
14 Ibid., 251.

Ibid.

CATTI PLACE NAMES IN CUMBRIA, &c. 401

Shrops (contd.): Cott-on (Weston-) and Whitt-ing-ton, near Parkington at
Oswestry, with Bronze Age remains.1
Sid-bury, in Severn Valley.

Hereford :

Monmouth :
Glamorgan :

Carmarthen :

Pembroke:
Merioneth :
Montgomery :

Carnarvon :
Anglesea :
Cheshire :

Lancashire:

Shotta-ton, N.W. of Shrewsbury.

Whit-cott Keysett, in Clun Valley, with menhir.'

Eat-on Constantine, near Little Wenlock, with Bronze
Age remains.3

Codd-ing-ton, N. of Ledley.
Hatt-field, on Frome.

Yatt-on, on the Wye.

Eat-on, near Hereford on Wye, with "walls" and ancient camps (3, 74).

Cader Arthur or Cadier Artur mountain, with Arthur's
chair or seat, with peak Pen-y-Gader (3, 91, 110).
Coity castle, with remains of Caradoc's palace (3, 131).
Ketti Stones, the name of the chief cromlech in Gower,
and compare Kits Coty, in Kent.

Cet-guelli, or Cath-welly, modern Kid-welly, and ruins of
castle with tradition of founding by sons of " Keianus-
the-Scot" (Koronus Caineus ?) (3, 135, 137).
Coity Artur, two rock stones near St. Davids (3, 151).
Cad-van Stone of St. Cadvan, a British king and high
priest at Towyn-on-shore, below Cader Idris (3, 172).
Kede-wen's Gate, on the Severn, with Arthur's Gate and
ancient remains (3, 165).

Gwdir, headland on coast.
Coed-ana.

Cote-brook, with barrows."
Cod-ling-ton, with barrows."
With-ing-ton, with barrows.8

Setaia, the Roman name for Chester Bay, implying that
Chester (or its people) was anciently called " Sete" or
Seteia."

Cat-on and Caton Mere, on Lune, above Lancaster.

Catter-all, on Wyre.

Heaton, near Bolton.

Hutton, near Preston.

Westmorland :

Cumberland :

Wat-lon, near Preston.

Set-anti, Roman name for Preston Bay, implying that

Preston (or its people) was anciently called
or "Set-anti."

Sed-bergh, on Lune.

Cat-land and Cat-land Fells.

Cat-gill, below Egremont, on Ennerdale Water.
Coat Hills village, near Eden, S. of Carlisle.

Cutt-erton, north of Penrith.

Set"

Caude or Caud River (modern Caldew), rising in Cat-land
Fells, at Carlisle, at end of Roman Wall in vale called
Cummers Dale, with copper mines (3, 426, 427).

Gates-garth, Gates-gill and Gates Water.

Sidd-ick, at mouth of Derwent, below Camer-ton.
Sit-Murthy, on Derwent, above Camer-ton.

Skid-daw Mt., at Keswick.

Hutt-on, north of Penrith, near Cutterton.

1 Windle, op. cit., 106. Nennius' Chronicle, 14.

Ibid., 202.
Ibid., 106.
Windle, op. cit., 154.
It is now called "Caldew," after the nearer Cald-beck Fells,
Cat-land Fells.

Rhys, Hib. Lects., 192.
Ibid., 154.
Ibid., 154.
whilst its further source is in the