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.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Netherfield
- Petley Wood
- Telham Court
- Uckham
- Almonry, Upper and Lower
- Bathurst Wood
- Great Beech Fm
- Branshill Fm
- Breadsell Fm
- Caldbec Hill
- Great Cornes
- Duckreed Wood
- Foxhole Fm
- Hedgland
- Hemingfold
- Ibrook Wood
- Kemhide
- Loxbeech
- Marley Fm
- Middleborough
- Milestone Wood
- Mountjoy
- Peppering Eye
- Rat Fm
- Senlac or Sandlake
- Waddle's Wish