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.

Burstow Hill

Early-attested site in the Parish of Ardingly

Etymology

Burstow Hill (6″) probably takes its name from the John de Burgstowe (of Burstow in Surrey), who in 1249 (Misc) was a party to the fixing of the bounds of Worth Chace.