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.

Tinhale Barn

Early-attested site in the Parish of Bersted

Historical Forms

  • Tynghale 1514 Ct
  • the Tinghill t.Jas1 LRMB

Etymology

This farm lies near the boundary between Bersted and Pagham parishes and it is just possible that the first element is þing, and that the name refers to a healh where the Hundred meetings were held.

Places in the same Parish