Tablehurst
Early-attested site in the Parish of Forest Row
Historical Forms
- Tauelhurst c.1200 FM
- Tanilhurste (sic) 1241 FF
- Tavelhurst 1296,1327,1332 SR 1449 Cl
- Tabilherst c.1530 SRS16,30
- Tableherst 1546 FM
- Tableherst al. Tavelherst 1569 SRS20,428
- Teuelhurst c.1255 Lewes
Etymology
No certainty is possible. The first element may be the ME vb. tavel , tevel , 'to argue, discuss, quarrel, contend' (NED s. v .), and the name may mean 'wood of (or in) dispute,' cf. Threepwood (Nb), Threapwood (Ch), Threapland (Cu, Y), which certainly have that sense. At a later stage folk-etymology has been at work.
Places in the same Parish
Early-attested site
- Ashurstwood
- Whalesbeech Fm
- Brambletye
- Cansiron
- Charlwood
- Dallingridge Fm
- Gotwick Fm
- Iscombe
- Kidbrooke Park
- Pixton Hill
- Plawhatch Hall