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.

Eastness

Other OS name in the Parish of Great Clacton

Historical Forms

  • (le) Estness 1326,1366 Pat
  • Estnasse 1462 Pat
  • Westnesse 1189 ColchCh 1242 Ch
  • Westnasse 1447 Pat
  • the Nesse commonly called Westnesse 1703 MC
  • St Osyth Point 1805 O

Etymology

is (le ) Estness 1326, 1366 Pat,Estnasse 1462 Pat. v. næss. East as opposed to a lost Westnesse 1189 ColchCh, 1242 Ch, Westnasse 1447 Pat, which was the originalname of Colne Point, the Nesse commonly called Westnesse 1703 MC, St Osyth Point 1805 O .

Places in the same Parish