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.

West Dean

Major Settlement in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • West 1150 Ch 1227
  • Westden in Sengelton hundred (1273 Ipm)
  • by Sengelton (1337 FF)

Etymology

Distinguished from Westdean in Pevensey Rape as Westden in Sengelton hundred (1273 Ipm), by Sengelton (1337 FF).

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Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site