Cabilla (EN) / Kabilian (KW)

Type: 
Settlement
Parish: 
Cardinham
Hundred: 
West Wivelshire
Notes: 
Translation based on the 1216 spelling Cabilian. The most likely interpretation being ‘place of stones’ containing bili ‘pebbles’ + -an ‘place of’. The first element is obscure.
Elements notes: 
see notes
Historic forms: 
Cabulian 1086, Cabulion 1211, Cabilian 1216, Kabilia 1250, Cabilia 1284, 1313, 1445, Cabilye 1439.