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.

Shoyswell Hundred

Hundred in the County of Sussex

Historical Forms

  • Esseswelle, Essewelde 1086 DB
  • Sowelle 1168 P
  • Showell 1248,1268 Ass 1302 RH
  • Schorwell, Sowell 1265 Misc
  • Soswelle 1296 SR
  • Shoeswell(e) 1316 FA 1327 SR 1334 Ipm
  • Schoweswelle 1332 SR
  • Showswell 1629 SAC16,47

Parishes in this Hundred

Parish