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.

Marehill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Pulborough

Historical Forms

  • atte Mere 1296 SR

Etymology

Marehill is close by Middle and West Mare (6″). These contain the Sussex dialect form mare of the common word mere .Here perhaps lived Richard atte Mere (1296 SR).