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.

Scotland Fm

Other OS name in the Parish of Steyning

Historical Forms

  • Shelley 1579 ParReg

Etymology

is so called because certain fields in the farm pay ' scot ' to the Commissioners of the River Adur . The farm is so named in 1756 ( Tithe Acct Bk ) . Shelleys derives from the family of Shelley (1579 etc. ParReg) .