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Survey of English Place-Names

A county-by-county guide to the linguistic origins of England’s place-names – a project of the English Place-Name Society, founded 1923.

Baldslow

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hastings

Historical Forms

  • Baldeslowe 1296,1327 SR 1340 NI
  • Baldeslawe 1320 Misc
  • Balteslow Beacon 1610 Speed

Etymology

Baldslow is Baldeslowe 1296, 1327 SR (p), 1340 NI (p), Baldeslawe 1320 Misc, Balteslow Beacon 1610 Speed. For further forms see Baldslow Hundred supra 501. 'Beald 's hill,' v. hlæw . For the pers. name v. PN Wo 187s. n. Balsford .

Places in the same Parish