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Survey of English Place-Names

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Posingford Fm

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hartfield

Historical Forms

  • Posyngworth 1559 SRS20,359

Etymology

Posingford Fm is Posyngworth in 1559 SRS 20, 359. It was part of the manor of Possingworth in Waldron infra 407 and we already find a holding by that family here in 1327 (SR).