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.

Balsdean

Early-attested site in the Parish of Rottingdean

Historical Forms

  • Baldesden(e) t.Wm2 Lewes 1091–1125 ADA14176 1332 SR
  • Baldingesden 1279 Ass
  • Balisdene, Balesden 1310 Cl
  • Ballysdene 1546 SAC53
  • Balsdean 1607 Recov

Etymology

'Beald 's valley,' v. denu . For this pers. name v. Balsford (PN Wo 187) and cf. Balcombe supra 255.

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Major Settlement