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.

Marringdean Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Billingshurst

Historical Forms

  • Merehonedene 1288 Ass
  • Maryngedene 1618 Ipm

Etymology

This place is very near the parish boundary. The meaning may be therefore 'woodland pasture near the boundary stone,' v. gemære , denu , and cf. Headhone and Medhone supra 63, 118.