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.

Horse Eye

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pevensey

Historical Forms

  • to horsiges gemæro 947 BCS821 13th
  • Horsia 12th SAC5,160
  • Nordhorseya

Etymology

'Horse island,' v. eg , and cf. Chilley supra . North in contrast to the Horsey in Eastbourne supra 430.