Survey of English Place-Names

Historical Forms

• Nesse 1086 DB

• Nessa 1096–1101(1280),1150 Chest

• Nesse 1228–40,c.1230 1253 Pat 1656 Orm2

• Nesse in Wirehale 1381 ChRR

• Nesse iuxta Burton in Wyrehale 1393 1474 ib

• Ness 1392 IpmR 1646 Sheaf

• Nasse 1322 Cl

• Littell Nesse 1670 Sheaf3 3, v.

Etymology

'At the promontory', v. ness , næss . The name is taken from the promontory at Burton Point 212supra . Part of the township is called Littell Nesse 1670 Sheaf3 3, v. lȳtel .