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.

Silkden

Early-attested site in the Parish of Angmering

Historical Forms

Selkendenn 1271 Ass

Selkedon 1296 SR

Selkeden 1327,1332 SR 1340,1413 MinAcct

Sulkedene 1298 Ass

Sylkeden(e) 1485 Ct 1516 SRS20,341

Etymology

'Seolca's valley,' v. denu .

Places in the same Parish

Early-attested site

Other OS name

Major Settlement

Angmering