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.

Gildredge House and Park

Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastbourne

Etymology

Gildredge House and Park (6″) preserve the name of Thomas Gildredge the owner (a Withyham family, cf. Gillridge supra 371), who in 1555 was one of the three purchasers of the manor of Eastbourne.