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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.

Gosty Knoll

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Gorstie knowle 1645 Comm

Etymology

, Gorstie knowle 1645Comm , ' gorsy hill-top ' , v. gorstig , cnoll .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement