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.

The Delves (Inclosure)

Other OS name in the Parish of East Dean

Historical Forms

  • the Delves 1669 Comm

Etymology

, the Delves 1669 Comm , v. (ge)delf ' quarry ' , old quarries being found here .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement