Perching Fm
Early-attested site in the Parish of Fulking
Historical Forms
- Berchinges, P(er)cinges 1086 DB
- Percinges t.Wm2 Lewes 1267 Ch
- Perting 1261 Ass 1284 FA
- Percyng(e) 1285,1300 Ipm 1304 Cl 1316 FA
- Perchinges 1327 Ch
- Perchyng(e) 1327 SR 1482 IpmR
- Perchyng(e) Parva 1393 IpmR
- Perchyng(e) Magna 1446 IpmR
- Pearchinge in Abberton 1607 CuckfieldParReg
- Pirchinge 1327 SR
- Parchyng 1532 Recov
Etymology
Professor Ekwall suggests that this may be an ingas -deriva- tive of an OE perric , a South-Saxon form found side by side with pearroc and identical with Germ pferch , OHG pferrih .Hence, 'people of the enclosure' (PN in -ing 61).