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.

Pevensey Bay

Other OS name in the Parish of Pevensey

Historical Forms

  • Pemsey Bay 1545 LP

Etymology

is Pemsey Bay 1545 LP . Cf. also le Forhauene (i.e. the outer harbour) de Peuenes '1261Ass .