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Survey of English Place-Names

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Bailey Hill

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Old Bayly 1692 Comm
  • the Old Baily-hill 1779 Rudder

Etymology

, 1830 M , Old Bayly 1692Comm , the Old Baily-hill 1779 Rudder 29 , v. baillie ' bailiwick ' ( of the Forest ) ; it is in BlakeneyBailey (251infra ) .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement