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.

Battle

Major Settlement in the Parish of Battle

Historical Forms

  • ecclesia, abbas (de) Bello 1082 BM 1316 FA
  • La Batailge 1086 DB
  • (La) Bataille 1251 Ipm 1379 Pat
  • Battaile 1592 MarL
  • mynster at þære Bataille 1094 ASC c.1100
  • Bellum 1283 Winton 1340 NI
  • Batell 1468 ADi 1504 Ipm

Etymology

Named from the Abbey which was founded to commemorate the battle of Hastings.