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.

Horningsea

Major Settlement in the Parish of Horningsea

Historical Forms

  • (æt) Horninges ige c.975 ASCh
  • Horningesei(e), Horningesei(a) 870,975,1071,1170(12th) LibEl 1086 ib
  • Hornincgeseie 1086 InqEl
  • Horningesie 1086 DB
  • Horninggeseie c.1050 KCD907 13th
  • Horning(e)sey(e), Hornyngsey(e) c.1060 ElyM 14th Pat 1505
  • Ornyngseye 1432 FF
  • Horniggeseie 870,946,975(12th) LibEl
  • Hornigeseiæ 1086 InqEl
  • Hornigesheye 1279 RH
  • Hornungesheia c.1150 Rad
  • Horningesheye, Hornyngesheye 1251 ElyCouch 1348 FF
  • Horingeseye 1272 Ass
  • Horinggesheye 1279 RH
  • Hornsey 1719 Bott 1808 L

Etymology

'Island or marshy land of Horning ,' a personal name probably derived from OE  hornung , 'bastard.' v. ēg .

Places in the same Parish