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.

Westdean

Major Settlement in the Parish of Westdean

Historical Forms

  • Dene 1086 DB 1287 CplM
  • Wesden 1189 Ch 1335
  • Wesden juxta Seford 1369 IpmR
  • West(e)den(e) 1288 CplM 1291 Tax
  • Wesden juxta Lytlyngton 1389 Ass

Etymology

'West' in relation to Eastdean supra 417. Distinguished from West Dean in Chichester Rape as 'West Dean orientalis ' (Lower i. 132).

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Places in the same Parish

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