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.

Burwash

Parish in the County of Sussex

Etymology

Burwash parish is here treated as a whole, though it is really divided between the three hundreds of Shoyswell, Henhurst and Hawksborough.

Major Settlements