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.

Wallsend

Other OS name in the Parish of West Dean

Historical Forms

  • Cannop wall 1669 Comm

Etymology

, Cannop wall 1669Comm , described as ' a wall leadingalong the road to Monmouth ' .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement