English Place-name Society

Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Etchingwood

Early-attested site in the Parish of Buxted

Historical Forms

  • Achingeworde 1086 DB
  • Hagingew(o)rth 1199 FF 1327 SR
  • Heggyngeworth 1324 FA
  • Hechingeworth 1327 SR
  • Heggyngworth 1483 ADvi
  • Itchingwood 1563 Deed

Etymology

This is 'enclosure of the people of (H )æcci ,' or of Ecci , v. ing , worþ and Zachrisson in Vising Mélanges 193.