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.

Hawksborough Hundred

Hundred in the County of Sussex

Historical Forms

  • Hauochesberie 1086 DB
  • Hauekesberga 1183 P
  • Hauekesbergh 1248 Fees
  • Hauekesberwe 1279 Ass
  • Haukesbergh 1262 Ass

Etymology

'Heafoc's hill,' v. beorh . The site of the meeting-place is not known.

Parishes in this Hundred