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.

Essex

Volume edited by : P. H. Reaney 1935

Historical Forms

  • prouincia Orientalium Saxonum, regno Orientalium Saxonum (dat.) c.730 Bede 8th
  • East Seaxe 823 ASC c.900
  • East Seaxna rice 836 ASC c.900
  • Eastseaxna mægðe c.1000 OEBede
  • East Seaxna lond 895 ASC c.900
  • (to) East Seaxan 1046 ASC 12th
  • Eastsexan 1116 ASC 12th
  • Exessae 1042–66 LibEl 12th
  • Essexe c.1045 ASWills 14th InqEl 1086
  • Exsessa, Exsæssa 1086 DB
  • Easexie 1086 InqEl
  • (on) easexan, Estsex' 1087 WestmA
  • Essexa 1156 P
  • (on) estsexan, easex' 1066 WestmA
  • Estsexia 1087 c.1200 Gervase 1419 LiberAlbus
  • Yssexia c.1397 HMCii
  • Essexshire 14th LiberCustumarum

Etymology

For the significance of the name v. Introd. i, xxv-vii.

Divisions in this County

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