Fairlight
Major Settlement in the Parish of Fairlight
Historical Forms
- Farleg(h)(e), Farleye p.1176 Pens 1610 Camd
- Farlye 1589 MarL
- Farnleg(h)e 1184 Pens c.1230 Ass 1261 Pens c.1270
- Farnlee 1265 Misc
- Farnligh 1291 Tax
- Fer(n)lega 1210–12 RBE
- Farel(e)ye 1275 FF 1535 VE
- Fairlegh 1296 SR
- Fairelight 1673 MarL
- Fairleight 1707 Recov
- Ferligght 1540 SRS14,228
- Farleght 1543 SRS20,331
Etymology
'Bracken clearing,' v. fearn , leah . The suffix was altered from the common Sussex lye to light , possibly from some imagined connexion with that word, owing to its beacon-like position.Cf. Camd (319), 'farre seene both by sea and land.'