Moatcroft Rd
Early-attested site in the Parish of Eastbourne
Historical Forms
- Mote sive Pele 1422 CplM
- le Moyte 1430 ib
- le Mote 1446 ib
- the Motte 1493 Ct
- Mottdowne 1574 CplM
Etymology
Moatcroft Rd (6″) preserves the name of The Mote (6″ O.S. Moat ). It is Mote sive Pele 1422CplM , le Moyte 1430 ib., le Mote 1446 ib., the Motte 1493Ct , Mottdowne 1574CplM .This is the name of an ancient mote or motte , otherwise called a peel , a fortified enclosure, the site of the Norman manor house.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- The Beach
- Beachy Head
- Bedford Well
- Beverington
- Chollington
- Compton Place
- Crumbles Pond and The Crumbles
- East Hale Bottom
- Gildredge House and Park
- Green Street
- Grey Nore
- Grovedown
- Hobby Way
- Holywell
- Horsey
- Lamport
- The Links
- Meads Place Fm
- Ocklynge
- Motcombe
- Pashley
- Rose Lands
- St Anthonys Hill
- Shomer Ditch
- Southbourne Level
- Tutts Barn
- Upperton
- Upwick
- Whitebread Hole
- Wish Tower
- Worme
- Yeverington
- Northwick
- Rodmill
- Netherin
- Puslingham