West Tarring
Early-attested site in the Parish of Broadwater (including Worthing)
Historical Forms
- Terringges 941 BCS766 c.1300
- Teorringas 946 BCS811 13th
- Terringes 1086 DB 1248 Ass 1312 Seld32
- Teringes 1227 Pat
- Terrynges 1313 FF
- Tering 1210 FF
- Terringe 1210–12 RBE 1316 FA
- Terringg' 1274 RH
- Tarring 1253 Ch
- Tarryng 1374 FF
- Westtarringe 1613 MarC
- Tauringes 1279 Ass
- Torryng 1280 FF
- Tyrringe 1599 Recov
Etymology
'The people of Teorra ,' a name not recorded, but suggested by Ekwall (PN in -ing 63). Probably the same pers. name is found in Tarring Neville infra 339. The two names were however kept apart in medieval times by the fact that Ter - forms, with very rare Tor -, Taur - forms, are found for West Tarring, whereas East Tarring almost always has Tor - forms.