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.

East Hoathly

Major Settlement in the Parish of East Hoathly

Historical Forms

  • Hodlegh(e) 1287 CplM 1289 Ipm 1296,1332 SR
  • Parva Hodeleye 1312 Orig
  • Hothlegh 1401 FM
  • Esthothelegh 1438,1442 SRS4,110
  • Est Horthlyght 1527 SRS14,95

Etymology

v. West Hoathly supra 270. For the last form cf. Fairlight infra 507. Horth is for Hawth , a common dialect form for Hoth .