English Place-name Society

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.

Gensing

Early-attested site in the Parish of Hastings

Historical Forms

  • Genesinges 12th France
  • Genesingges 1281 Ch
  • Genesynges 1363 Pat
  • Ganesing 12th ADiii
  • Ganstinghe 1261 Ass
  • Gen(e)sing(e) 1296 SR 1320 Misc 1327 SR t.Ed2 IpmR
  • Geneysyng 1296 SR

Etymology

'The people of Genesa ,' v. ing and for the pers. name v. Ekwall, PN in -ing 57. v. Addenda supra vi.

Places in the same Parish